Posted on 05/07/2023 10:31:22 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Plans to redevelop the former Horse and Farrier on King’s Road into The IQRA Centre were approved in July last year.
It received an outpouring of support from worshippers - leading to the creation of a grand prayer hall, community space and rooms for educational programmes.
The team’s vision was brought to life in around seven to eight months after donations hit the £800,000 mark.
Now the mosque has offered an invite to people of all faiths and backgrounds ahead of a long-awaited open day.
Trustees and the centre’s Imam will take guests on a guided tour around the new-look site before a Q&A and chance to build deeper connections over food and drink.
The open day is part of a national scheme run by the Muslim Council for Britain.
Shahidur Rahman, one of the founding trustees of The IQRA Centre, said the community space is already being used for regular kickboxing lessons and food parcel donations.
Meanwhile plans are already in the works for events such as summer BBQs, fun days, and activities for children or people with dementia.
The final touches are now being made to the building - such as repairs on a dangerous, unusable staircase.
Looking back at the start of the IQRA Centre’s journey, Shahidur said: “There’s been massive objections and stuff like that as you expect from a pub turning into a mosque venue.
"We’ve done a lot of work so it’s now how we can work together, make activities, understand each other. A lot of people can come in and see what we’ve done.
“There’s going to be a lot of stuff we want to do.
“People don’t need to think it’s ‘them and us’.
“There’s going to be a lot of changes that we’re trying to manage like car parking so people can talk to us, we’re trying our best.
“There’s a lot of opportunities for everybody. Hopefully people come and be part of it.”
In a message to anyone interested in visiting the mosque, Shahidur said: “If people are interested in working with us, different projects and ideas, it would be good to make contact.
“On the day our Imam will be there, he will be there to answer questions. There’s no silly questions, it doesn’t matter how basic it is.”
The free-to-attend Open Day will take place on Monday, May 8, between 10am and 12pm.
“Beautiful”?
Seriously?
YUP!
Aloha Snackbar hour?
I see a place to wash your feet, but no Bidets!
(I will leave it to a woman should comment on this one!)
Well...if Islam wishes to appropriate a country's holy place....
New pub mission is getting people drunk in stupidity.
“(I will leave it to a woman should comment on this one!)”
(I will leave it to a Muslim woman should comment on this one!)
Beautiful and mosque are two words which don’t belong together in the same sentence!
Yes, Imagine doesn’t want any other religion.
The world would be a better place without the disgusting death cult of the pagan moon god allah and his pedophilic warlord prophet moHAMmed (pork be upon him!)!
800K pounds just doesn’t buy what it used to.
So beautiful! Tears in my eyes.
Awww. It’s so cuddly wubbly. All those nice Muslim invaders having fun days, BBQs, activities for children.... I will never understand the feeling of whites purposely destroying their civilization for the sake of people who hate them.
Sad. First the Churches, then the Temples, now the pubs
Letting the dead bury the dead. Islam.
I presume you haven’t looked into many books.
Start your education now, before its too late:
S/B “I will leave it TO a woman...” Etc. :)
What next, Parliment?
😝
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