Abdullah Quilliam

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  • Photo of Abdullah Quilliam, founder of Britain's first mosque. Courtesy Abdullah Quilliam Society
    Photo of Abdullah Quilliam, founder of Britain's first mosque. Courtesy Abdullah Quilliam Society
  • Sheikh Abdullah Quilliam dressed in Turkish clothing, possibly from his time in Turkey from 1908 onwards. Courtesy of Abdullah Quilliam Society
    Sheikh Abdullah Quilliam dressed in Turkish clothing, possibly from his time in Turkey from 1908 onwards. Courtesy of Abdullah Quilliam Society
  • A Victorian photograph of the original interior of the Abdullah Quilliam Mosque. Arches and the crescent can be seen, while a piano is on an elevated platform, symbolising a 'transition from Christianity to Islam'. Credit: Abdullah Quilliam Society
    A Victorian photograph of the original interior of the Abdullah Quilliam Mosque. Arches and the crescent can be seen, while a piano is on an elevated platform, symbolising a 'transition from Christianity to Islam'. Credit: Abdullah Quilliam Society
  • Abdullah Quilliam officiates a Muslim marriage at his mosque between an Englishwoman and an Indian man, joined by (far left) a man of African descent and (far right) English converts. Courtesy Abdullah Quilliam Society
    Abdullah Quilliam officiates a Muslim marriage at his mosque between an Englishwoman and an Indian man, joined by (far left) a man of African descent and (far right) English converts. Courtesy Abdullah Quilliam Society
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    Interior-Abdullah-Quilliam-Mosque-Victorian-Features
  • Interior-Abdullah-Quilliam-Mosque-Prayer-Hall
    Interior-Abdullah-Quilliam-Mosque-Prayer-Hall
  • Interior-Abdullah-Quilliam-Mosque-Victorian-Rear-of-Prayer-room
    Interior-Abdullah-Quilliam-Mosque-Victorian-Rear-of-Prayer-room
  • Renovated and contemporary new women's wudu (ablution) space at Abdullah Quilliam Mosque. Courtesy Abdullah Quilliam Society
    Renovated and contemporary new women's wudu (ablution) space at Abdullah Quilliam Mosque. Courtesy Abdullah Quilliam Society
  • Present day exterior of Abdullah Quilliam Mosque in Liverpool, exactly how it was when Quilliam turned the building into a prayer space for 80-90 worshippers. After its closure in the early 1900's, local authorities used the mosque as a space to keep marraige, deatha and birth cerificates. Image courtesy of Abdullah Quilliam Society
    Present day exterior of Abdullah Quilliam Mosque in Liverpool, exactly how it was when Quilliam turned the building into a prayer space for 80-90 worshippers. After its closure in the early 1900's, local authorities used the mosque as a space to keep marraige, deatha and birth cerificates. Image courtesy of Abdullah Quilliam Society