The As-Salafi Mosque, also known as "The Salafi Mosque" or "Wright Street", is a
Salafi
The Salafi movement or Salafism () is a reform branch movement within Sunni Islam that originated during the nineteenth century. The name refers to advocacy of a return to the traditions of the "pious predecessors" (), the first three generat ...
mosque founded in 2002
and located in the
Small Heath area of
Birmingham, metres from the intersection of Muntz and Wright Streets and just behind Coventry Road. The mosque is contained within the same building and connected to the
registered charity
A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good).
The legal definition of a ch ...
and Islamic materials publisher Salafi Publications and the "SalafiBookstor
(an extensive online multimedia platform in relation to this exists, such as ''SalafiSounds.com'' and ''Sunnah.TV'').
According to the mosque director,
Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid, more than a thousand men, women, and children pray the Friday '
jum'ah
In Islam, Friday prayer or Congregational prayer ( ar, صَلَاة ٱلْجُمُعَة, ') is a prayer (''salat, ṣalāt'') that Muslims hold every Friday, after noon instead of the Zuhr prayer. Muslims ordinarily pray five times each day acco ...
' Prayers there, and the mosque also contains a
primary school and an evening
Qur'an memorization school.
According to mosque flyers, there are usually
Islamic
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the mai ...
-based lessons every day of the week as well as seasonal conferences which can attract around 3000 attendees from the
UK and around
Europe.
(Abu Talhah) was a former
senior lecturer at Masjid Salafi.
Masjid Salafi is one of one-hundred and sixty-three mosques in the city of Birmingham, England.
It is also one of six mosques in the area of Small Heath Park.
See also
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Islam in England
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List of mosques in the United Kingdom
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Salafism
The Salafi movement or Salafism () is a Islah, reform branch movement within Sunni Islam that originated during the nineteenth century. The name refers to advocacy of a return to the traditions of the "pious predecessors" (), the first three g ...
References
External links
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Salafi Publications
2002 establishments in England
Mosques in Birmingham, West Midlands
Mosques completed in 2002
Small Heath, Birmingham
Salafi mosques in the United Kingdom
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