The Regents Park Mosque -

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Since it was established in 1944, the London Central Mosque has become a familiar, imposing feature of the London skyline.

Regents Park Mosque is one of the finest examples. Its a starting point for getting to know the many other mosques in London and the hundreds more across the length and breadth of Britain.

It was officially opened by His Majesty King George VI in November 1944. The masjid was presented as an unconditional gift from the British Government to the UK Muslim Community in Britain to enable the latter, to build a mosque and an Islamic Cultural Centre, to conduct the affairs pertaining to their faith.

A Mosque Committee comprising various prominent Muslim diplomats and Muslim residents in the United Kingdom gratefully accepted the gift which was intended mainly as a tribute to the thousands of Indian Muslim soldiers who had died defending the then British Empire, which at the time, had more Muslim inhabitants than Christians.

The Mosque Committee registered the London Central Mosque Trust Limited as a Trust Corporation in September 1947. In 1995, the Council counted its members from twenty-nine different countries. The Board of Trustees of the Islamic Cultural Centre is the Diplomatic Representatives of Muslim countries accredited to the Court of St. James.


The two main objectives of the Mosque Committee in 1944 was the building of a mosque on the given site and the founding of a religious and Cultural Centre for the Muslim community of Great Britain.


Construction work for the Mosque Building Complex comprising the Main Prayer Halls (both men and ladies), the Library, the old Administrative Block and the Residential Quarter commenced in early 1974 and was completed in July 1977 (after a long protracted planning application to various authorities). A new Educational and Administrative Wing was added and completed in 1994.


The Centre has become the focus of Islam and Muslims in the UK. Aside from offering daily salah, the centre also offers various different services, ranging from education for the children in Central London and the surrounding areas, to wedding hall hires, conferences, fayres, counselling, and many others. And like most things based in London its become a symbol – a symbol of the presence of Muslims in Britain as a whole.

 

 

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