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{{Short description|Mosque in Hartlepool, England}}
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The '''Nasir Mosque''', built in 2005 and located on Brougham Terrace, is the first purpose-built mosque in [[Hartlepool]], [[County Durham]], England. The mosque was built following the conversion of numerous [[Britons]] in [[Hartlepool]] to [[Islam]], including the Imam of the mosque, Tahir Selby.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Payne |first=Mark |date=17 February 2024 |title=Hartlepool mosque serves up more than 25,000 free meals since outbreak of Covid |url=https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/people/hartlepool-mosque-serves-up-more-than-25000-free-meals-since-outbreak-of-covid-4522487 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218092552/https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/people/hartlepool-mosque-serves-up-more-than-25000-free-meals-since-outbreak-of-covid-4522487 |archive-date=18 February 2024 |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=Hartlepool Mail}}</ref> It has a capacity of 500 worshippers. The mosque participates in several local community events and provides regular services for the wider community.<ref>[http://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/partnership/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=139] Multi faith meeting at Nasir Mosque - (Fairtrade)</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ferguson |first=Anna |date=2022-07-17 |title=Inside a Teesside mosque and how members support the community |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/inside-teesside-mosque-how-members-24497452 |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=TeessideLive |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
The plot of land upon which the mosque was built on was bought for £35,000 and the elder community of the mosque, [[Ansarullah (Ahmadiyya)|Majlis Ansarullah]], was tasked to build the mosque.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-22 |title=ویلز کے دارالحکومت کارڈف،یوکے میں پہلی احمدیہ مسجد بیت الرحیم کی تعمیر کے لیےفنڈریزنگ تقاریب کا انعقاد |trans-title=Fundraiser for the construction of the first Ahmadiyya Mosque called Bait-ul-Rahim, in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, UK |url=https://www.alfazl.com/2024/04/23/95254/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=الفَضل انٹرنیشنل |language=ur |quote=مجلس انصاراللہ برطانیہ کو یہ سعادت حاصل ہے کہ ۲۰۰۵ء میں مسجد ناصر ہارٹلے پول کی تکمیل کے بعد اب مسجد بیت الرحیم کارڈف کی تعمیر کے لیے سرگرم عمل ہے |trans-quote=Majlis Ansarullah UK is fortunate that after the costruction of the Hartlepool Mosque in 2005, the Nasir Mosque, it is now actively involved in the construction of Baitul Rahim Mosque, Cardiff.}}</ref> The [[cornerstone]] of the mosque was laid in 2004 and inaugurated on 11 November 2005 by [[Mirza Masroor Ahmad]], the head of the [[Ahmadiyya Muslim Community]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hakam |first=Al |date=2021-04-02 |title=The blessings of Ahmadiyyat on my parents, Dr Hameed A Khan and Mrs Sajida Mubashira Khan – Part IV |url=https://www.alhakam.org/the-blessings-of-ahmadiyyat-on-my-parents-dr-hameed-a-khan-and-mrs-sajida-mubashira-khan-part-iv/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== Inauguration ===
During the opening session, town dignitaries such as Hartlepool MP Iain Wright and Hartlepool Borough Council's chief executive Paul Walker were in attendance. As a gesture, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, the main organisation behind the project, donated around £20,000 to local charities and causes, including Hartlepool and District Hospice, Butterwick Children's Hospice and Brougham Primary School.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120630025706/http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/Big-audience-for-mosque-opening.1252980.jp] Opening of Nasir Mosque</ref>

=== Vandalism ===
The mosque has been a target by the [[English Defence League]], where previously a member of EDL had vandalised the mosque.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilkinson |first=Tom |date=20 August 2011 |title=EDL member vandalised mosque |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/edl-member-vandalised-mosque-2340860.html |access-date=3 August 2024 |website=Independent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-05-11 |title=English Defence League members on mosque attack charges |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-13365182 |access-date=2024-08-03 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2011, two men vandalised the mosque with graffiti in a racially-motivated attacked.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-10-03 |title=Hartlepool mosque graffiti trio sentenced |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15156946 |access-date=2024-10-21 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> It was also a target during the violent protests organised by the [[English Defence League|EDL]] in [[Hartlepool]] following the [[2024 Southport stabbing]] in which four officers were injured during altercations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-01 |title=Mosque was told to lock its gates as violent disorder erupted in Hartlepool |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24491943.nasir-mosque-hartlepool-told-lock-gates-unrest/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=The Northern Echo |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-02 |title=Community rallies around Hartlepool mosque after disorder |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9d6z8yq21o |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Facilities ==
The mosque consists of two prayer halls for men and women which can accommodate around 500 worshippers. It also consists of a library, a kitchen, some offices and guest rooms.

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Nasir Mosque – ground view.jpg|courtyard view of the mosque
File:Nasir Mosque, Hartlepool – aerial view.png|Aerial view of the Nasir Mosque
File:Nasir mosque, Hartlepool.jpg|The Mosque from afar
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Al-Mahdi Mosque, Bradford]]
* [[Ahmadiyya in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
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{{Mosques in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Mosques in England]]
[[Category:Ahmadiyya mosques in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Hartlepool]]
[[Category:Mosques completed in 2005]]


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Latest revision as of 18:24, 5 November 2024

Nasir Mosque
مسجد ناصر
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Branch/traditionAhmadiyya
Location
LocationHartlepool, County Durham, England
Geographic coordinates54°41′35″N 1°12′58.4″W / 54.69306°N 1.216222°W / 54.69306; -1.216222
Architecture
Typemosque
StyleIslamic
Completed2005
Construction cost£500,000
Specifications
Capacity500
Dome(s)1
Minaret(s)1
Website
Ahmadiyya Official Website

The Nasir Mosque, built in 2005 and located on Brougham Terrace, is the first purpose-built mosque in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The mosque was built following the conversion of numerous Britons in Hartlepool to Islam, including the Imam of the mosque, Tahir Selby.[1] It has a capacity of 500 worshippers. The mosque participates in several local community events and provides regular services for the wider community.[2][3]

History

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The plot of land upon which the mosque was built on was bought for £35,000 and the elder community of the mosque, Majlis Ansarullah, was tasked to build the mosque.[4] The cornerstone of the mosque was laid in 2004 and inaugurated on 11 November 2005 by Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.[5]

Inauguration

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During the opening session, town dignitaries such as Hartlepool MP Iain Wright and Hartlepool Borough Council's chief executive Paul Walker were in attendance. As a gesture, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, the main organisation behind the project, donated around £20,000 to local charities and causes, including Hartlepool and District Hospice, Butterwick Children's Hospice and Brougham Primary School.[6]

Vandalism

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The mosque has been a target by the English Defence League, where previously a member of EDL had vandalised the mosque.[7][8] In 2011, two men vandalised the mosque with graffiti in a racially-motivated attacked.[9] It was also a target during the violent protests organised by the EDL in Hartlepool following the 2024 Southport stabbing in which four officers were injured during altercations.[10][11]

Facilities

[edit]

The mosque consists of two prayer halls for men and women which can accommodate around 500 worshippers. It also consists of a library, a kitchen, some offices and guest rooms.

[edit]
  • courtyard view of the mosque
    courtyard view of the mosque
  • Aerial view of the Nasir Mosque
    Aerial view of the Nasir Mosque
  • The Mosque from afar
    The Mosque from afar

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ Payne, Mark (17 February 2024). "Hartlepool mosque serves up more than 25,000 free meals since outbreak of Covid". Hartlepool Mail. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  2. ^ [1] Multi faith meeting at Nasir Mosque - (Fairtrade)
  3. ^ Ferguson, Anna (2022-07-17). "Inside a Teesside mosque and how members support the community". TeessideLive. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  4. ^ "ویلز کے دارالحکومت کارڈف،یوکے میں پہلی احمدیہ مسجد بیت الرحیم کی تعمیر کے لیےفنڈریزنگ تقاریب کا انعقاد" [Fundraiser for the construction of the first Ahmadiyya Mosque called Bait-ul-Rahim, in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, UK]. الفَضل انٹرنیشنل (in Urdu). 2024-04-22. Retrieved 2024-10-31. مجلس انصاراللہ برطانیہ کو یہ سعادت حاصل ہے کہ ۲۰۰۵ء میں مسجد ناصر ہارٹلے پول کی تکمیل کے بعد اب مسجد بیت الرحیم کارڈف کی تعمیر کے لیے سرگرم عمل ہے [Majlis Ansarullah UK is fortunate that after the costruction of the Hartlepool Mosque in 2005, the Nasir Mosque, it is now actively involved in the construction of Baitul Rahim Mosque, Cardiff.]
  5. ^ Hakam, Al (2021-04-02). "The blessings of Ahmadiyyat on my parents, Dr Hameed A Khan and Mrs Sajida Mubashira Khan – Part IV". Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  6. ^ [2] Opening of Nasir Mosque
  7. ^ Wilkinson, Tom (20 August 2011). "EDL member vandalised mosque". Independent. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  8. ^ "English Defence League members on mosque attack charges". BBC News. 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  9. ^ "Hartlepool mosque graffiti trio sentenced". BBC News. 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  10. ^ "Mosque was told to lock its gates as violent disorder erupted in Hartlepool". The Northern Echo. 2024-08-01. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  11. ^ "Community rallies around Hartlepool mosque after disorder". BBC News. 2024-08-02. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
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