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William Henry Quilliam (10 April 1856 – 23 April 1932), who changed his name to Abdullah Quilliam and later Henri Marcel Leon or Haroun Mustapha Leon, was a 19th-century British convert from Christianity to Islam, noted for founding England's first mosque and Islamic centre.
Hace 3 días · Learn about Abdullah Quilliam, the first native Englishman to embrace Islam in 1887 and the Sheikh of the British Isles. Discover his early life, conversion, literary works, mosque, famous converts and death.
Learn about Sheikh Abdullah Quilliam, the first native Englishman to embrace Islam, and his legacy in Liverpool. Support the project to expand and restore England's first mosque and create a national Islamic heritage and education centre.
Hace 4 días · The Caliph of Islam, Sultan Abdul Hameed II gave Abdullah Quilliam the official title of Sheikh al-Islam for the British Isles.
25 de abr. de 2012 · Learn about the life and legacy of William Abdullah Quilliam, who became the first Christian to convert to Islam in Victorian England and founded the first registered mosque in Liverpool. Discover how he influenced the spread of Islam in Britain and the world, and how his heritage is preserved by a society in Merseyside.
11 de abr. de 2021 · Learn about the life and legacy of Abdullah Quilliam, a British Muslim pioneer who founded the UK's first mosque, school and institute. Discover how he faced Islamophobia, supported the Ottoman caliphate and defended the global Ummah.
21 de dic. de 2010 · This is the first full biography of Abdullah Quilliam (1856–1932), the most significant Muslim personality in nineteenth century Britain. Uniquely ennobled as the Sheikh of Islam of the British...
