Suleymaniye Mosque (London)

Suleymaniye Mosque
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Location
LocationHaggerston, London, United Kingdom
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleOttoman/Turkish architecture
Completed1999
Minaret(s)1
Website
http://www.suleymaniye.org/

The Suleymaniye Mosque (Turkish: Süleymaniye Camii) is a mosque on Kingsland Road in Haggerston, 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ London Borough of Hackney. "UK Turkish Islamic Cultural Centre / Suleymaniye Mosque". Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Süleymaniye Mosque". Emporis. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  3. ^ "London's Mosques". Masud.co.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  4. ^ BBC. "Prince Charles visits victims' friends". Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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