# Leeds Grand Mosque > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Leeds_Grand_Mosque > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Leeds_Grand_Mosque.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_Grand_Mosque > Source revision: 1344398991 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Islam) | locale = | location = [Leeds](/source/Leeds), [England](/source/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](/source/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](/source/mosque) in [Leeds](/source/Leeds), [England](/source/England) with a regular congregation of 3,000.{{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=}}[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 It is located at 9 Woodsley Road, [Hyde Park](/source/Hyde_Park%2C_Leeds), Leeds, LS6 1SN [West Yorkshire](/source/West_Yorkshire), [England](/source/England). The mosque has a diverse and ethnically mixed congregation with facilities for both male and female worshippers. The Friday prayer sermon is also delivered in English also alongside the Arabic. The mosque's Imam is Sheikh Dr Mohammed Taher.{{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=}} The resident Islamic scholar to the mosque is Sheikh Abdullah Al Judai’. It is the home of the first Muslim [Scout](/source/Scouting) Group in Leeds.[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 15 Scouts were invested at the launch in 2006.[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" ==Building== It was originally [Sacred Heart Church](/source/Our_Lady_of_Lourdes_Church%2C_Leeds) designed by [Derek Walker](/source/Derek_Walker_(architect)), completed in 1965 and described as "One of the most striking churches to be built in the 1960s".John Minnis & Trevor Mitchell (2007) ''Religion and Place in Leeds'' (English Heritage) {{ISBN|978-1-905624-48-5}} The design is [Brutalist](/source/Brutalist_architecture) based on a concrete frame clad with pre-cast panels of Cornish granite aggregate. It closed in 1993 and was sold and converted in 1994, with funding from Saif Bin Muhammad Al-Nehayyan of [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi), [United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates).[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 }} 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](/source/wudu) installed. 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.[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" ==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 ==See also== * [Islam in England](/source/Islam_in_England) * [List of mosques in the United Kingdom](/source/List_of_mosques_in_the_United_Kingdom) ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == {{commons category}} * {{Official website|https://www.leedsgrandmosque.com/}} {{Mosques in the United Kingdom}} 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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Leeds Grand Mosque](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_Grand_Mosque) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_Grand_Mosque?action=history)). 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