Birmingham Central Mosque

The Birmingham Central Mosque is a mosque in Birmingham (England), operated by the " Birmingham Mosque Trust" and one of the largest Islamic centers in Europe.

At Friday prayers are regularly 3500-4000 faithful present, the feast of breaking the fast take over 20,000 worshipers at religious services.

History

After the money was gathered for the laying of the foundation stone, the donations dried up. The city of Birmingham threatened the country otherwise to sell should not be completed within two years of the mosque. In response, the Mosque Foundation (Birmingham Mosque Trust) turned to both Muslims and non -Muslims. Soon enough money could be brought together for the construction, and the mosque was completed in 1969. Officially, the mosque was opened in 1975 as the " largest mosque in western Europe ".