Muslims in UK’s Blackburn celebrate newly renovated Masjid-e-Taqwa, which was converted from a church into mosque
For many years the Muslim living around the Pleckgate neighbourhood in Blackburn would take half an hour’s journey on foot to travel towards the centre of the town for their daily prayers.
It was eventually turned into a school while local reports say the building continued to function until the 1970s. Hakeem says the first prayers to take place at Masjid-e-Taqwa were attended by a wide number of the community while a number of attendees prayed outside the mosque. "I could see people all over from Blackburn celebrating the first prayers and also their staff were really nice. They had sweets and had everything arranged for the community. There was a talk after the ceremony and they talked about how the Masjid will bring us together as a community," he says.
"It was empty and lying derelict. It was put on the market to be sold with the hope of a housing developer purchasing it," he tells."Luckily for the community, that didn't go ahead, and it was purchased to be used as a mosque. A mosque spokesperson told the Lancashire Telegraph that “we tried to keep to the original features of the building and attempted to incorporate these into the new design."
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