Fazl Mosque, London

Fazl Mosque
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Branch/traditionAhmadiyya
LeadershipMirza Masroor Ahmad
Location
LocationLondon, England
Geographic coordinates51°27′04″N 00°12′27″W / 51.45111°N 0.20750°W / 51.45111; -0.20750
Architecture
Architect(s)Thomas Mawson
TypeMosque
StyleIndo-Saracenic architecture mughal architecture
Completed1926
Specifications
Dome(s)1
Minaret(s)0
Website
https://ahmadiyyauk.org/
Facade of the Fazl Mosque

The Fazl Mosque (English: The Grace Mosque) also known as The London Mosque, is the first purpose-built mosque in London, England. It was opened on 23 October 1926 in Southfields, Wandsworth. At a cost of £6,223, the construction of the mosque and the purchase of the land on which it stands, was financed by the donations of Ahmadi Muslim women in Qadian, Punjab, British India.[1][2] Between 1984 and 2019 the Fazl Mosque was the residence of the caliphs of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, and therefore its de facto international headquarters. The administrative headquarters now lies at the site of the Islamabad, Tilford.[3]

  1. ^ Marzia Balzani.'An ethnographer among the Ahmadis: Learning Islam in the suburbs' in Gabriele Marranci (ed.) Studying Islam in Practice. Routledge, 2014, p.111.
  2. ^ B. A. Jacobsen et al.'The Ahmadiyya Mission to the Nordic Countries' in J. R. Lewis & I. B. Tøllefsen (eds.) Handbook of Nordic New Religions. Brill, 2015, p.367.
  3. ^ "Head Of Ahmadiyya Community Opens New Central Mosque In Islamabad, Tilford, UK". Press & Media Office. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2020.