Al-Rahma Mosque, Liverpool

Al-Rahma Mosque
Al-Rahma Mosque, Liverpool
Basic information
Location Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Geographic coordinates Coordinates: 53°23′39.4″N 2°57′38.3″W / 53.394278°N 2.960639°W / 53.394278; -2.960639
Affiliation Sunni Islam
Administration Liverpool Muslim Society
Website www.liverpoolmuslimsociety.org.uk
Completed July 1974
Specifications
Capacity Accommodates between 2,000 and 2,500 people.
Dome(s) 1
Minaret(s) 2

The Al-Rahma Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الرحمة) is a mosque located on Hatherley Street in Toxteth, Liverpool, England, which can accommodate between 2,000 and 2,500 people[1] and serves as the main place of worship and focus point for Liverpool's Muslim population, estimated at 25,000 people.[2]


Today

The current building is used primarily by the city's Arab and Somali populations whom constitute the vast majority of Liverpool's Muslim population. [3]

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