Aziziye Mosque (London)

Aziziye Mosque
Aziziye Mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	Stoke Newington, London, United Kingdom
	Shown within Greater London
Geographic coordinates	51°33′19″N 0°04′30″W / 51.5553°N 0.075°WCoordinates: 51°33′19″N 0°04′30″W / 51.5553°N 0.075°W
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Style	Ottoman/Turkish architecture
Completed	1983
Minaret(s)	2
Website
	http://www.aziziye.co.uk[permanent dead link]

The Aziziye Mosque (Turkish: Aziziye Camii) is a mosque in Stoke Newington, London. The mosque was funded by the UK Turkish Islamic Association and the conversion began in 1983. Turks who had once felt reluctant to attend a ‘non-Turkish’ mosque welcomed the congregation as services were provided in the Turkish language rather than in English or Arabic.^[1] The total capacity of its Ottoman style mosque is 2,000 people.^[2] The institution includes a Halal butcher, a weekend school (Aziziye Education Centre), a wedding hall and a restaurant.^[3]

Originally built as a cinema, it first opened in 1913 as the Apollo Picture House, was reopened in 1933 as the Ambassador Cinema and from 1974 played martial arts films and softcore sex films as the Astra Cinema, before closing in 1983.^[4] It is among Hackney Council's "Locally Listed Buildings."^[5]

References[]

^ Ansari 2004, 352.
^ Mosque Directory. "Aziziye Mosque (Stoke Newington, Hackney, London)". Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^ Londralondra. "Aziziye Camii Londra / Aziziye Mosque London". Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^ KenRoe. "Astra Cinema". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
^ Haywood, Susie (21 February 2011). "Lovely landmarks" (PDF). 250. Hackney Today. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2011.

Sources

Ansari, Humayun (2004), The infidel within: Muslims in Britain since 1800, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, ISBN 978-1-85065-685-2.
Çoştu, Yakup (2004), "Londra'da Türklere Ait Dini Organizasyonlar" (PDF), Hitit Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Hitit University, 8 (16): 77–100, archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2012
Çoştu, Yakup; Turan, Süleyman (2009), "İngiltere'deki Türk Camileri ve Entegrasyon Sürecine Sosyo-Kültürel Katkıları" (PDF), Dinbilimleri Akademik Araştırma Dergisi, x (4): 35–52, archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2011

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[1] Ansari 2004, 352.

[2] Mosque Directory. "Aziziye Mosque (Stoke Newington, Hackney, London)". Retrieved 28 January 2011.

[3] Londralondra. "Aziziye Camii Londra / Aziziye Mosque London". Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

[4] KenRoe. "Astra Cinema". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 15 June 2011.

[5] Haywood, Susie (21 February 2011). "Lovely landmarks" (PDF). 250. Hackney Today. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2011.

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