LIVERPOOL – Liverpool City Council in the UK has transferred its ownership of the site of England’s first mosque to a local Muslim charity to support the development of the building as an Islamic heritage and enterprise center. “Liverpool’s role in the development of Islam in Britain is a fascinating story and this new heritage …

William Henry Quilliam, a Liverpool solicitor and resident embraced Islam in 1887 (aged 31), taking the name Abdullah. His community work for the poor and his ability to communicate Islam to a western audience earned him the title: Shaykhul Islam of the British Isles. In 2014, The Abdullah Quilliam Society, Brougham Terrace, reopened the original …

One hundred and thirty years after the founding of the mosque, an all-female choir is bringing Quilliam’s inclusive ethos back to life.