The 2015 #VisitMyMosque day was part of a national initiative by Muslims to reach out to fellow Britons following tensions around terrorism.
Children welcome visitors at Finsbury Park Mosque
Visitors at one of the many mosques in Bolton open for #VisitMyMosque
Visitors at the Zakariya mosque in Boilton
A couple at Hyderi Islamic Centre
Hyderi Islamic Centre welcomes guests including Channel 4’s Cathy Newman
Dr Shuja Shafi, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain, speaking to visitors at the East London Mosque
Comments from the 2015 #VisitMyMosque Day are below. Further info and photos at: www.mcb.org.uk/visitmymosque2015
2015 participating mosques included:
– Balham Mosque, 47A Balham High Rd London, Tooting SW12 9AW
– Baab-ul-Ilm: 166 Shadwell Lane, Leeds, LS17 8AD
– Bolton Council of Mosques, 1 Vicarage Street, Bolton, BL3 5LE
– Didsbury Mosque: 271 Burton Road, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2WA
– East London Mosque, Whitechapel Road, London E1
– European Islamic Centre, Werneth House, 79 Manchester Rd, Oldham, Greater Manchester 0L8 4LN
– Finsbury Park Mosque, 7-11 St. Thomas Rd, London, N4 2QH
– Goodwood Islamic Centre, 60 Gamel Road, Leicester
– Hyderi Islamic Centre: 26 Estreham Road, Streatham, London. SW16 5PQ
– The Islamic Foundation, Islamic Foundation Library, Ratby Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire, LE67 9SY
– Jami Mosque and Islamic Centre, 523-525 Coventry Road, Birmingham, B10 0LL
– Khizra Mosque, 425 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester M8 0PF
– Makkah Masjid, 36 Thornville Road Leeds LS6 1JY, Leeds
– Masjis e Ghosia, Caroline Street, Bolton
– Muslim Welfare House Sheffield, 10-12 Severn Road, Sheffield, S10 2SU
– Noor ul Islam Mosque, Halliwell Road, Bolton
– Neeli Mosque, 25-27 Hare Street, Rochdale, OL11 1JL, Lancashire
– Oxford Islamic Information Centre, 8 Saint Omer Rd, Cowley Oxford OX43HB
– SICM (Shi’a Ithna’ashari Community of Middlesex), 39 Gloucester Road, Harrow, HA1 4PR
– Sri Lankan Muslim Cultural Centre (UK), 2 Whitefraires Avenue, Harrow, Middlesex HA3 5RN
– Tooting Islamic Centre, 145 Upper Tooting Rd, London SW17 7TJ
– Zakariyya Jaame Masjid, Peace Street, Bolton
Please note: This is not the final list.
* A big thank you to Twitter user @kanzaahmed for suggesting the hashtag #VisitMyMosque