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William Henry Quilliam (10 April 1856 [1] [2] [3] – 23 April 1932), who changed his name to Abdullah Quilliam and later Henri Marcel Leon or Haroun Mustapha Leon, was a 19th-century British convert from Christianity to Islam, noted for founding England's first mosque and Islamic centre, and Britain's oldest Muslim organization, the Association of British Muslims.
By the time of Union with Scotland in 1707, only small numbers of Muslims were living in England. The first large group of Muslims to arrive, in the 18th century, were lascars (sailors) recruited from the Indian subcontinent (largely from the Bengal region) to work for the Honourable East India Company, many of whom settled down and took local ...
Muslims in Britain; The historical roots of British Islam This page was last edited on 27 October 2024, at 02:44 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
However, around 83% of Muslims are proud to be a British citizen, compared to 79% of the general public, 77% of Muslims strongly identify with Britain while only 50% of the wider population do, 86.4% of Muslims feel they belong in Britain, slightly more than the 85.9% of Christians, 82% of Muslims want to live in diverse and mixed ...
Lord Stanley was the first Muslim member of the House of Lords, [10] [11] [12] inheriting his titles in 1869 upon the death of his father. When the Dutch invasion of Aceh was in the news in 1873-74, Stanley was a critic of both Dutch and British policy towards Aceh, accusing Britain of betraying Aceh, its ancient ally through treaties of 1601 ...
The Association of British Muslims began in Liverpool, England as the English Islamic Association, founded in 1889 by Abdullah Quilliam, [1] a 19th-century convert to Islam who opened one of England's first mosques, the Liverpool Muslim Institute, during the same year, [2] at about the same time that the Shah Jahan Mosque was built.
Dr. Mehmet Oz rarely talks about his faith on the campaign trail – but, if elected, the son of Turkish émigrés could make history as the first Muslim elected to serve in the U.S. Senate.
First office held Year appointed Ethnicity Labour: Shahid Malik [2] Dewsbury: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development: 2007 British Pakistani: Labour: Sadiq Khan [2] Tooting: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: 2008 British Pakistani: Conservative: Sajid Javid [3] Bromsgrove