The Glasgow Central Mosque is a

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, located on the south bank of the

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in the

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district of central

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, in the United Kingdom. The Islamic Centre is the central institution for the local Muslim community, and is the largest community centre in Strathclyde. With capacity for 4,000 worshippers, it is Scotland's largest mosque. The mosque was designed by Coleman Ballantine Partnership Architects in the

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style built in

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, and was completed in 1983.

Controversies

In February 2016, Habib ur Rehman Rauf, then-religious head of the mosque (who moved to an Edinburgh mosque in 2020), was quoted in the media supporting the actions of Mumtaz Qadri, who assassinated Pakistani politician Salman Taseer whilst acting as his

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. Habib said his "comments were 'misconstrued' and said the situation had added to his 'sense of tragedy' following recent terror attacks." Qadri disagreed with Taseer's opposition to Pakistan's blasphemy law. In April 2016, the ''

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'' said that the mosque held annual Khatme Nabuwwat conferences. The mosque president, Dr Mohammed Shafi Kausar said there was no secular group at the mosque. Also in April 2016, representatives of Glasgow Central Mosque ostensibly accepted but then declined to appear at the last minute at a vigil in memory of Asad Shah, a Pakistani shopkeeper assassinated by a Pakistani Muslim extremist.

Imams

There are three

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s at the mosque: * Shaykh Muhammad Vaez * Shaykh Abdul Ghafoor Ahmad * Qari Wali Ahmed

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Controversies

Imams

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