This educational video – by Yahya Birt – covers new research about Sheikh Abdullah Quilliam (1856-1932), the founder of Britain’s first mosque in Liverpool, about his roles as a Tory activist, a solicitor who represented working-class interests, and a trade … Read More
Robert ‘Reschid’ Stanley was the Mayor of Stalybridge and he converted to Islam in 1898 at the Liverpool Muslim Institute, in the presence of Abdullah Quilliam. He became great friends with the Sheikh and a Vice-Chairman of the LMI. When … Read More
Open Day for all – whether you subscribe to a faith or no faith at all – you are all welcome at England’s First Mosque
The AQS in association with the Victorian Society of Liverpool proudly presents the lecture to be delivered by Professor Ron Geaves – author of “The Life and Times of Abdullah Quilliam”
Article by M. A. Sherif. M.A. Sherif is a biographical researcher who has written about the lives of Qur’an translators Abdullah Yusuf Ali and Marmaduke Pickthall, and the famous English convert Abdullah Philby. Sherif has also recently completed a comparative … Read More
Article by Yahya Birt. Yahya Birt is a PhD candidate in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Leeds. He is researching the history of postwar Muslim political activism in Britain. “Yahya Birt uncovers new evidence of Abdullah Quilliam’s … Read More
The Liverpool home of England’s first mosque is set to get a new lease of life after decades of refurbishment works.
Assalamu Alaikum (peace be upon you) This year we are celebrating the fifth Ramadan after the re-opening of the historic Quilliam Mosque. Recently, due to the work carried out in the restoration of the Mosque, The Secretary of State for … Read More
