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The Mosque

The Bradford Grand Mosque, or Al-Jamia Suffa-Tul-Islam Grand Mosque, is a mosque in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.[1]

It was founded in 1983,[2] building began in 2002 and it opened in 2012 or 2014.[3][4] It can house 8 000 worshippers and is one of the largest mosques in the UK.[1][3] The mosque was built on a filled in railway cutting which was part of Bradford'd "alpine" railway which ran through the Little Horton area of Bradford.[5] At a cost of more than £4 million, the construction was paid with local donations.[4][6] In 2019, construction of additional buildings began.[6]

The Telegraph & Argus called it "one of the most architecturally impressive religious buildings in the city."[4]

In November 2018 the mosque arranged a march for peace in memory of the prophet Muhammad.[7] In March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a funeral with around 600 people held at the mosque was connected to an outbreak of COVID-19.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b Husain, Ed (10 June 2021). Among the Mosques: A Journey Across Muslim Britain. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-5266-1866-5.
  2. ^ "About Us". www.bradfordgrandmosque.co.uk. Bradford Grand Mosque. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b Himelfield, Dave (24 March 2022). "Eight historic aerial pics of Yorkshire released on new photo map". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Jagger, David (23 September 2020). "THEN AND NOW: Google Maps reveals how Bradford has changed over the past decade". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  5. ^ https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/tahistory/1478227.bradfords-own-alpine-railway-line/
  6. ^ a b Jagger, David (13 February 2019). "Work underway on new community centre at Bradford's largest mosque". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  7. ^ Jagger, David (26 November 2018). "Thousands join march of peace to mark birthday of Prophet Mohammad". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  8. ^ Lamb, Christina (31 May 2020). "When choirs sing and families gather to grieve, the coronavirus will have a ball". The Times. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  9. ^ Harley, Nicky (31 December 2021). "Impact of 'Covid-19 tsunami' will never go away". The National. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  10. ^ Wright, John (17 May 2020). "Coronavirus doctor's diary: A super-spreading funeral that led to three deaths". BBC News. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
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