Leeds Grand Mosque

{{Short description|Mosque in West Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Leeds Grand Mosque | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = LeedsGrandMosque01.JPG | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | map_type = United Kingdom Leeds | map_size = 220px | map_alt = | map_relief = yes | map_caption = | coordinates = {{Coord|53|48|23.1|N|1|34|05.3|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | religious_affiliation = Islam | locale = | location = Leeds, England | deity = | rite = | sect = | tradition = | festival =  | cercle = | sector = | administration = | consecration_year = | organisational_status =  | functional_status = | heritage_designation = | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = | bhattaraka = | patron = | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | architect = | architecture_type = mosque | architecture_style = | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = 1994 | groundbreaking = | year_completed = | construction_cost = | date_demolished =  | facade_direction = | capacity = 1,500+ | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | footnotes = | website = {{Official website|https://www.leedsgrandmosque.com/}} }}

'''Leeds Grand Mosque''' (LGM) is a mosque in Leeds, England with a regular congregation of 3,000.<ref name=Website>{{cite web |url=https://www.leedsgrandmosque.com/ |title=Welcome to Leeds Grand Mosque |author= |date=2019 |website=www.leedsgrandmosque.com |publisher=Leeds Grand Mosque |access-date=10 March 2019 |quote=}}</ref><ref name=Times>[http://www.leedsgrandmosque.com/features/times_article.asp ''The Times'', 24 August 2002 ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721232710/http://www.leedsgrandmosque.com/features/times_article.asp |date=21 July 2012 }}"At your service" by Daniel Crewe</ref> It is located at 9 Woodsley Road, Hyde Park, Leeds, LS6 1SN West Yorkshire, England. The mosque has a diverse and ethnically mixed congregation with facilities for both male and female worshippers.<ref name=Website /> The Friday prayer sermon is also delivered in English also alongside the Arabic.<ref name=Times/>

The mosque's Imam is Sheikh Dr Mohammed Taher.<ref name="LGM team">{{cite web |url=https://www.leedsgrandmosque.com/about/our-team |title=Our Team|author= |date=2019 |website=www.leedsgrandmosque.com |publisher=Leeds Grand Mosque |access-date=10 March 2019 |quote=}}</ref> The resident Islamic scholar to the mosque is Sheikh Abdullah Al Judai’.<ref name="LGM team"/>

It is the home of the first Muslim Scout Group in Leeds.<ref name=CYCS>[http://www.cycscouts.org.uk/News/Press_Office/1st_Muslim_Scout_Group_Launches/c689 www.cycscouts.org.uk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203155919/http://www.cycscouts.org.uk/News/Press_Office/1st_Muslim_Scout_Group_Launches/c689 |date=2008-12-03 }} 1st Muslim Scout Group Launches</ref> 15 Scouts were invested at the launch in 2006.<ref name=YEP>[http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/City-gets-its-first-Muslim.1913999.jp Yorkshire Evening Post] 5 December 2006 "City gets its first Muslim Scouts"</ref>

==Building== It was originally Sacred Heart Church designed by Derek Walker, completed in 1965 and described as "One of the most striking churches to be built in the 1960s".<ref name=Minnis>John Minnis & Trevor Mitchell (2007) ''Religion and Place in Leeds'' (English Heritage) {{ISBN|978-1-905624-48-5}}</ref> The design is Brutalist based on a concrete frame clad with pre-cast panels of Cornish granite aggregate.<ref name=Minnis/> It closed in 1993 and was sold and converted in 1994, with funding from Saif Bin Muhammad Al-Nehayyan of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.<ref name=history>[http://www.leedsgrandmosque.com/mosque/history.asp History of Leeds Grand Mosque] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701112820/http://www.leedsgrandmosque.com/mosque/history.asp |date=2011-07-01 }}</ref> The chancel was converted into a smaller worship hall used on weekdays, and a women's gallery was constructed at the rear of the main hall, later augmented by converting the choir gallery into a second women's gallery. The stained glass window and Christian symbols were removed, and facilities for wudu installed.<ref name=Minnis/>

The main hall provides a large open space which is used as the main prayer area for men.

In 2013 a storm lifted part of the roof off, resulting in extensive rain damage.<ref name=YEP2013>[http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/sos-call-at-leeds-mosque-left-exposed-by-freak-storm-1-6301703 Yorkshire Evening Post 7 December 2013] "SOS call at Leeds mosque left exposed by freak storm"</ref>

==Facilities== thumb|right|Main hall on public open day *Male prayer hall *Female prayer hall *Lecture room *Basement – used for multiple activities *Library *Catering kitchen *Management office, storage rooms, and washing facilities for both males and females *Fenced car park for 20 cars *Gardens around the mosque *Linked house, rented as a source of income

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== External links == {{commons category}} * {{Official website|https://www.leedsgrandmosque.com/}}

Category:1994 establishments in England Category:Mosques completed in 1994 Category:Mosques converted from churches in the United Kingdom Category:Mosques in England Category:Religious buildings and structures in Leeds