The Making of the East London Mosque, 19101951: Minutes of the London Mosque Fund and East London Mosque Trust Ltd [Hardcover]

The book gives a detailed history of the establishment of the East London Mosque and related documents.The book describes the history of the establishment of the East London Mosque. A detailed introduction provides an critical analysis for understanding the history of Muslim efforts at religious institutionalisation in Britain stretching over a century (1910-2010), and is followed by annotated Minutes of the meetings which took place between leading Muslims and members of the British establishment in the first half of the twentieth century.The book describes the history of the establishment of the East London Mosque. A detailed introduction provides an critical analysis for understanding the history of Muslim efforts at religious institutionalisation in Britain stretching over a century (1910-2010), and is followed by annotated Minutes of the meetings which took place between leading Muslims and members of the British establishment in the first half of the twentieth century.In 2010, the East London Mosque celebrated its centenary. One hundred years earlier, the Aga Khan and Syed Ameer Ali had convened a public meeting at the London Ritz Hotel, where they set out a strategy for the construction of a mosque in London that would be 'worthy of the capital of the British Empire'. The Mosque, however, took a long time to materialise. From the Commercial Road in the East End of London in which it was eventually first set up in 1941, it moved to Fieldgate Street and on to the Whitechapel Road in 1985. Through the lens of the original Minutes and related documents, Professor Ansari takes us on the fascinating journey of how the newly emerging confident Muslim community of the early twentieth century and major figures of the British establishment reached out to one another, each looking to nurture the development of this new multicultural society.Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction: the London Mosque Fund and the East London Mosque 19101941; The London Mosque Fund alSw