East London Mosque
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The East London Mosque is situated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets between Whitechapel and Aldgate East. Combined with the adjoining London Muslim Centre and Maryam Centre, it is one of the lar
East London Mosque Front View
The prayer room of the original East London Mosque during the Eid ul Fitr celebrations in 1941
London Muslim Centre front entrance
London Muslim centre rear view
Adhan
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The Adhan, also spelled Azān, is the Islamic call to prayer, recited to announce the beginning of the time for the obligatory daily prayers. It is performed by a Muezzin from a mosque's minaret, altho
East London Mosque
…more than 7,000 worshippers for congregational prayers. The mosque was one of the first in the UK to be allowed to use loudspeakers to broadcast the adhan. Construction of the three-storey East London Mosque began in 1982 on land left empty after bombing during World War II, and was completed in 1985. The…
Painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme, showing a Muezzin reciting the Adhan from a Minaret in Cairo, Egypt, 1866.
Islamic miniature depicting Gabriel providing instructions on how to perform the call to prayer to Muhammad (golden flame) as well as Bilal ibn Rabah, the first muezzin calling the Muslims to prayer from atop the Kaaba.
Two Muezzins in robes and turbans calling the Adhan from a high balcony, 1878.
Photo of kalima at Bab al-Nasr of Shia Fatimid dynasty of Cairo with phrase: ʿalīyun walīyu -llāh