Bradford Grand Mosque

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Bradford Grand Mosque
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Religion
Affiliation Islam
Location
Location Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Architecture
Type Mosque
Groundbreaking2002

The Bradford Grand Mosque, or Al-Jamia Suffa-Tul-Islam Grand Mosque, is the largest mosque by capacity in the United Kingdom [1] . It is located Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. [2] [3]

It was founded in 1983, [4] building began in 2002 and it opened in 2012 or 2014. [5] [6] It can house 8,000 worshippers and is one of the largest mosques in the United Kingdom. [2] [5] The mosque was built on a filled in railway cutting which was part of the Bradford "Alpine" railway which ran through the Little Horton area of Bradford. [3] [7] At a cost of more than £4 million, the construction of the mosque was paid with local donations. [6] [3] In 2019, construction of additional buildings began. [3]

The Telegraph & Argus called it "one of the most architecturally impressive religious buildings in the city." [6]

In November 2018 the mosque arranged a march for peace in memory of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. [8] In March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a funeral with around 600 people held at the mosque was connected to an outbreak of COVID-19. [9] [10] [11]

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