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- 1 2 3 Brief history of the Woking Muslim Mission
- ↑ About Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din (1870–1932), Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din: Entry in Who's Who
- ↑ Founding of The Islamic Review, 1913
- ↑ The Mosque at Woking: A miniature of Mecca in the days of the Pilgrimage
- ↑ History of the Mosque, page 3, viewed at July 15th, 2008
