Abdullah Quilliam Mosque with Prof Ron Geaves

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Organizing Institution: MACFEST - Muslim Arts and Culture Festival.
Contact email: [email protected]
Start Date: January 20, 2024 (4:00pm)
End Date: January 20, 2024 (5:30pm EEST)
Cost: Free
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/abdullah-quilliam-mosque-with-prof-ron-geaves-tickets-772081184607?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1
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Description:

Join Professor Ron Geaves, an author and historian from Liverpool, who will be speaking about the community of Muslims established between 1889 and 1908 by Sheikh Abdullah Quilliam in Liverpool after his conversion to Islam in Morocco around 1887.

Abdullah Quilliam, also known as the “Sheikh al-Islam of the UK” created Britain’s first registered Mosque in the city of Liverpool converting around 250 men and women in the city to Islam.