Suleymaniye Mosque (London)

Suleymaniye Mosque
Suleymaniye Mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	Dalston, London, United Kingdom
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Style	Ottoman/Turkish architecture
Completed	1999
Minaret(s)	1
Website
	http://www.suleymaniye.org/

The Suleymaniye Mosque (Turkish: Süleymaniye Camii) is a mosque at Kingsland Road in Haggerston, East London, United Kingdom, which serves the entire Muslim community as well as the Turkish speaking community.^[1] The mosque was funded by the UK Turkish Islamic Cultural Centre (UKTICC) and the construction began in 1994 and was finally opened to the public in October 1999. With a total floor space of 8,000 square metres, the total capacity of its Ottoman style mosque is 3,000 people.

The mosque includes a conference and wedding hall, classrooms, funeral service facilities as well as accommodation for Marathon School students.

The minaret reaches a height of 66 metres (218 ft),^[2] the highest in Great Britain.

Suleymaniye Mosque has become something of a local landmark and it is one of London's key Islamic centres.^[3]

Prince Charles visited the mosque in 2001.^[4]

References[]

^ London Borough of Hackney. "UK Turkish Islamic Cultural Centre / Suleymaniye Mosque". Retrieved 2008-12-20.
^ "Süleymaniye Mosque". Emporis. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
^ "London's Mosques". Masud.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
^ BBC. "Prince Charles visits victims' friends". Retrieved 2011-02-06.

External links[]

Official website (in English)

Coordinates: 51°32′07″N 0°04′36″W / 51.5352°N 0.0768°W / 51.5352; -0.0768

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[1] London Borough of Hackney. "UK Turkish Islamic Cultural Centre / Suleymaniye Mosque". Retrieved 2008-12-20.

[2] "Süleymaniye Mosque". Emporis. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

[3] "London's Mosques". Masud.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-08-23.

[4] BBC. "Prince Charles visits victims' friends". Retrieved 2011-02-06.

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