Aziziye Mosque (London)

Aziziye Mosque
Facade on Stoke Newington Road
Shown within Greater London
Basic information
Location Stoke Newington, London, United Kingdom
Geographic coordinates 51°33′19″N 0°04′30″W / 51.5553°N 0.075°W / 51.5553; -0.075Coordinates: 51°33′19″N 0°04′30″W / 51.5553°N 0.075°W / 51.5553; -0.075
Affiliation Islam
Website http://www.aziziye.co.uk
Architectural description
Architectural type Mosque
Architectural style Ottoman/Turkish architecture
Completed 1983
Minaret(s) 2

The Aziziye Mosque (Turkish: Aziziye Camii) is a mosque in Stoke Newington, London. The mosque was funded by the UK Turkish Islamic Association and the conversion began in 1983. Turks who had once felt reluctant to attend a ‘non-Turkish’ mosque welcomed the congregation as services were provided in the Turkish language rather than in English or Arabic.[1] The total capacity of its Ottoman style mosque is 2,000 people.[2] The mosque also has a Halal butchers, Aziziye Education Centre (weekend schools), Aziziye Wedding hall and a restaurant.[3]

Originally built as a cinema, it first opened in 1913 as the Apollo Picture House, was reopened in 1933 as the Ambassador Cinema and from 1974 played martial arts films and softcore sex films as the Astra Cinema, before closing in 1983.[4] It is among Hackney Council's "Locally Listed Buildings."[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ansari 2004, 352.
  2. ↑ Mosque Directory. "Aziziye Mosque (Stoke Newington, Hackney, London)". Retrieved 2011-01-28.
  3. ↑ Londralondra. "Aziziye Camii Londra / Aziziye Mosque London". Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
  4. ↑ KenRoe. "Astra Cinema". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  5. ↑ Haywood, Susie (2011-02-21). "Lovely landmarks" (PDF). 250. Hackney Today. p. 5. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
Sources

  • Ansari, Humayun (2004), The infidel within: Muslims in Britain since 1800, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, ISBN 978-1-85065-685-2 .
  • Çoştu, Yakup (2004), "Londra'da Türklere Ait Dini Organizasyonlar" (PDF), Hitit Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Hitit University, 8 (16): 77–100, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-17
  • Çoştu, Yakup; Turan, Süleyman (2009), "İngiltere'deki Türk Camileri ve Entegrasyon Sürecine Sosyo-Kültürel Katkıları" (PDF), Dinbilimleri Akademik Araştırma Dergisi, x (4): 35–52


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