The Fazl Mosque turned 100 on 3 October and launches a year of national service LONDON – At a time when community cohesion, trust and neighbourhood identity are increasingly part of the national conversation, London’s first purpose-built mosque has launched one of its largest public awareness campaigns, taking a message of integration, loyalty and service…
The London Mosque, located on Melrose Road in Southfields, has become a landmark of spiritual and cultural significance since its inauguration on October 3, 1926. The mosque was the first purpose-built mosque in London and only the second in Britain, designed by English architect Thomas Hayton Mawson, from Lancashire.It was funded entirely by members of the…
London’s first purpose-built mosque marks its centenary with message of hope LONDON — The Fazl Mosque in Southfields, the first purpose-built mosque in London, marked its centenary on Saturday 3 October with a reception attended by parliamentarians, civic leaders, diplomats, faith representatives and local residents, and the opening of a permanent exhibition on the mosque’s…
One hundred years ago, a call to prayer echoed through the south London neighbourhood of Putney. It heralded the opening of the capital’s first purpose-built mosque and the institution’s promise to welcome worshippers. More than 600 dignitaries, including MPs, peers and foreign diplomats attended the inauguration of the Fazl Mosque, which had been financed almost…
A century of faith, service, and community is being celebrated by the Greenford Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The group is marking 100 years since the opening of the Fazl Mosque in Southfields, the first purpose-built mosque in London. Built in 1926, the mosque has long served as a centre for worship, interfaith dialogue, and community outreach.Dr…
The Fazl Mosque, the first purpose-built mosque in London, marks its centenary on Saturday 3 October. The mosque, that has space for around 150 worshippers, stands on a quiet suburban residential street in southwest London, however for more than a hundred years it has been considerably more than a building for prayer. Key dignitaries have…
The first multi-purpose mosque in London, Fazl Mosque, built by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community outside Indo -Pakistan in 1926 has celebrated its centenary anniversary within the precinct Greesen Hall road, Southwest London, United Kingdom. 100 years ago, the mosque began taking shape in London through the sacrifices of people thousands of miles away in India….
The Oxford Interfaith Forum extends its warmest congratulations to the UK Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on the historic milestone of the Fazl Mosque centenary. We were thoroughly delighted to join our Muslim friends and colleagues in celebrating one hundred years of profound spiritual, civic, and interfaith contributions. Over the past century, the Fazl Mosque community has…
Faith and community leaders gathered in Southall on Saturday (3 October 2026) to mark 100 years since the opening of London’s first purpose-built mosque. The event at in Boyd Avenue was part of nationwide commemorations marking the centenary of the Fazl Mosque in Southfields, which opened on 3 October 1926. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim…
A century later, it remains a welcoming place of worship and a historic centre of community life. Ehtesham Ahmed Arif, Missionary of the Ahmaddiya Muslim Community, has been talking to Jackie’s Meena Iyer. https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8960882/embed?v=202301 Lib Dem MP for Sutton & Cheam, Luke Taylor, also went along. https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8960884/embed?v=202301 Hamdah Sanor Farooqi is a long-time member of…
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