
This event is the first time to hold a Muslim prayer in West Park, following a successful first event in 2019 at Peace Green Park and a return event in Dunstall Park in 2022.Īttended by community leaders, it will begin at 9.15am, with prayers taking place at 10:30am. “It is a great way to commemorate one of the most important days in our faith with friends, family, and the wider community. “We are delighted to hold this special event at West Park to celebrate Eid Al-Adha,” Sohail Khan, Councillor for Tettenhall Regis and a member of the mosque said. Retrieved 5 June 2017.The event, organized by Jamia Masjid Al-Aqsa Wolverhampton Central Mosque, will be on Wednesday, June 28, and is expected to attract an audience of more than 6,000 people, Express & Star reported. "EDL Birmingham Demo Countered By Mosque Tea Party". ^ "Man arrested after Facebook threat to bomb Birmingham mosque".^ "Arsonists set fire to city mosque".Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Religious Freedom and the Position of Islam in Western Europe. The Impact of Immigration in Post-war Britain: A Documentary History of the Effects and Experiences of Immigrants in Britain since 1945. "Inside Britain's sharia councils: hardline and anti-women – or a dignified way to divorce?". The tea party ended up receiving more participants than the original EDL march. įollowing a protest by the English Defence League (EDL) in April 2017, the Birmingham Central Mosque held a tea party with the goal of countering those demonstrations and promoting interfaith dialogue. In December 2011 a man was arrested after making a Facebook threat to bomb the mosque. It did not spread far, yet it caused damage to electronics and also destroyed paperwork.

In 2006, the West Midlands Fire Service put out a fire in the mosque which began in an office in the building. Between 19, Al-Hijrah School educated children in three rented rooms within the mosque before moving to Midland House in Small Heath. In 1986, the mosque sought and was granted permission to call prayer within certain limits. Its Vice Chairman is Muhammad Sarfraz Madni.Ī golden dome was added to the top of the minaret in 1981. The mosque has 21 listed trustees, and its Chair is Maqbool Ahmed.


The mosque provides a Sharia Council which in 2016 handled 400 requests for divorce. The mosque has a capacity of 6,000, including women. The organization, 'Muslims in Britain’ classify the Birmingham Central Mosque as, nonsectarian. Mosque in Birmingham, England, United Kingdomīirmingham Central Mosque, is a mosque in the Highgate area of Birmingham, England, run by the Birmingham Mosque Trust.
