Saturday, August 8, 2009

Al-Sudais launches second expansion of London mosque


LONDON – Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, Imam and Khateeb of the Holy Mosque of Makkah, launched the second expansion of the East London Mosque in the presence of thousands of worshippers on Wednesday. “I volunteer for the second extension of the East London Mosque,” said Al-Sudais while unveiling the plaque of the foundations for the second phase of the mosque which is located in Whitechapel, London.



After unveiling a plaque, the Imam of the Holy Mosque of Makkah, led the Maghreb prayer and gave a short speech to a congregation of over 5,000 people.
In his speech he mentioned among other points that Muslims should be proactive positively in their communities and work for all humanity. He also mentioned that they should work to look after their families and that the community at the East London Mosque should trust the committee to build a community for the future.



The East London Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in London. In 1910 some notable Muslim figures decided to build a mosque in London and established the London Mosque Fund. Initially, a small room was hired for Friday prayers. However, in 1926 the Fund had grown to a sizeable amount and a ‘Deed of Declaration of Trust’ was made. For more read here.




5 comments:

  1. Thank you for this post sis...funny enough my friend was there today and asked me about the asr time prayers since shes in the area, whitechapel mosque is a lil too far away for me as i live in central London but once in a while i attend the lectures there Mashallah its a lovely mosque, i can only imagine how lucky those people were to meet Abdulrahman Al - Sudias...

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  2. Mina: You are most welcome .... yeah right ... Masha Allah :)

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  3. Awsome, I did hear about the intended expansions, and have had the opportunity to attend that mosque a couple of times during my time in London, and MashaAllah it was great!It's great to hear they are actually working on it now! :)

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  4. Nida: Yeah right ALhamdulillah :)

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