Al-Rahma Mosque, Liverpool

The al - Rahma Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الرحمة ) is located in the Hatherley Street in the English city of Liverpool and can accommodate up to 1,000 visitors. It is mainly used by the Arab and Somali Muslims in the city.

In Liverpool there was the first mosque in England; they opened at 8 Brougham Terrace by the converts to Islam Solicitor William Abdullah Quilliam on 25 December 1889. This mosque was renovated by the Muslim Enterprise Development Service and is now called Abdullah Quilliam Society. The al - Rahma Mosque is currently the largest of the three mosques Liverpool, followed by Penny Lane mosque and a proposed mosque and Islamic center at the site of the former Anfield Community Comprehensive School.

Today's three-story mosque is held externally quite traditional with its golden dome. It was opened in 2008, while Liverpool had held the title of European Capital of Culture. The previous mosque was built in the 1960s, later followed by extensions of the growing number of visitors. During the Friday prayers and Muslim festival days the opposite Pakistan Centre and the car park is used as a temporary place of worship.

The Liverpool Muslim Society, which operates the mosque was founded in 1953.