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{{Short description|Congerational Mosque in London}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox religious building
|name = Brick Lane Jamme Masjid
|image = Brick Lane Mosque2.JPG
|image_size = 200px
|location = [[Brick Lane]], [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets|Tower Hamlets]], London, United Kingdom
|coordinates = {{coord |51|31|9.6|N|0|4|20|W|type:landmark_region:GB-TWH|display=inline,title}}
|established = 1743 (built), 1976 (mosque)
|religious_affiliation= [[Sunni]]
|leadership = {{ubl
| ''Imam(s):''<br />Maulana Nazrul Islam, Maulana Mufti Maruf Ahmed
| ''Chairman:''<br />Hamidur Rahman Choudhury
}}
|architecture_type = Mosque
|architecture_style = [[Georgian architecture]]
|capacity=3,200 (including women)<ref name= "Jamia Masjid1"/>
|minaret_quantity = 1
|website = {{Official URL}}
}}
'''Brick Lane Mosque''' or '''Brick Lane Jamme Masjid''' ( {{langx|ar|جامع مسجد بريك لين}} "Brick Lane Congregational Mosque"), formerly known as the '''London Jamme Masjid''' ({{lang|ar|جامع مسجد لندن}} "London Congregational Mosque"), is a [[mosque|Muslim place of worship]] in [[Central London]] and is in the [[East End of London]] which serves the [[British Bangladeshis|British Bangladeshi]] community.

The building at 59 [[Brick Lane]], on the corner of [[Fournier Street]], has been home to a succession of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim{{efn|Especially from [[Bangladesh]]}} communities since its construction in the mid-eighteenth century, reflecting the waves of immigration in the neighbourhood of [[Spitalfields]]. The former Great Synagogue is a [[listed building|Grade II* listed building]];<ref>{{NHLE |num=1240697 |accessdate=8 August 2009}}</ref> the adjacent former school buildings (now used as an ancillary building to the mosque) is listed Grade II.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1065278 |accessdate=8 August 2009}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:"Umbra Sumus" sundial - geograph.org.uk - 321257.jpg|thumb|Detail of the sundial. The Latin motto, ''{{lang|la|Umbra sumus}}'' ("We are shadow"), is derived from [[Horace]]'s ''{{lang|la|Pulvis et umbra sumus}}'' ("We are dust and shadow").]]

The building has served the religions of a succession of other communities in the area.

===Christian===
It was first established in 1743 as a [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|Protestant chapel]] ("La Neuve Eglise", i.e. "the New Church") by London's [[Huguenot]] community.<ref>Richard Jones (2006). ''Frommer's Memorable Walks in London''. John Wiley and Sons. p. 93. {{ISBN|978-0-471-77338-2}}</ref> These were refugees who had left France after the [[Edict of Fontainebleau|Revocation of the Edict of Nantes]] in 1685, to escape persecution by the Catholics. Many Huguenots settled in Spitalfields, bringing with them their silk-weaving and textile skills. As they were [[English Dissenters|Protestant Dissenters]], not members of the [[Church of England]], they built their own chapels. [[Christ Church, Spitalfields]] on [[Fournier Street]], designed by the architect [[Nicholas Hawksmoor]], was built during the reign of [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]] to demonstrate the power of the [[established church]].<ref>Fiona Rule (2008) ''The Worst Street in London''. Hersham, Ian Allan: 28</ref> 59 Brick Lane survived as a Huguenot chapel for more than six decades.

In 1809 it became a [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)|Wesleyan]] chapel, known as The Jews' Chapel, rented by the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews, an organisation now known as the [[Church's Ministry Among Jewish People]], but this phase of its history lasted only 10 years. From 1819, the building became a [[Methodist]] chapel.<ref>Rob Humphreys, Judith Bamber (2003). ''London''. Rough Guides. p. 238. {{ISBN|978-1-84353-093-0}}</ref>

===Jewish===
In 1891, the building was adopted by yet another community: it became the [[Machzike Hadath]], the Spitalfields Great Synagogue. During this time (see [[History of the Jews in England]]), the area was home to many Jewish refugees from [[Russia]] and [[Central Europe]].<ref>John Eade, Dyab Abou Jahjah, Saskia Sassen (2004). ''Identities on the Move''. Counterpoint. p. 16. {{ISBN|978-0-86355-531-2}}</ref> From the 1880s through the early part of the 20th century, massive [[pogroms]] and the [[May Laws]] in Russia caused many Jews to flee the [[Pale of Settlement]]. Of the East European Jewish emigrants, 140 000 settled in Britain.<ref>Godley, Andrew (2001) ''Enterprise and Culture''. New York: Palgrave. Ch. 1. {{ISBN|0333960459}}.</ref>

From 1916, the synagogue's leader was the notable [[Abraham Isaac Kook]], later the first [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi]] [[chief rabbi]] of the British [[Mandatory Palestine]]. Nearby was the purpose-built [[Great Synagogue of London]] and another church building that had become a [[synagogue|Jewish place of worship]], the [[Sandys Row Synagogue]]. The population of Jews decreased over the years, with many moving to other parts of [[East London]], to [[North London]] and elsewhere. The synagogue eventually moved to new premises in [[Golders Green]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://machzikehadath.com/history/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150708125803/http://machzikehadath.com/history/| archive-date = 2015-07-08| title = History {{!}} Machzike Hadath}}</ref>

===Muslim===
During the 1970s, the area of [[Spitalfields]] and [[Brick Lane]] was populated mainly by Bangladeshis who had come to Britain from the [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet region]] looking for better work. Many found work in factories and the textile trade. That growing community required a place of worship, and the building at 59 Brick Lane was bought and refurbished. In 1976, it reopened as a mosque, the London Jamme Masjid. Today, the mosque serves [[Demographics of British Bangladeshis#Tower Hamlets wards|the largest concentration of Bangladeshi Muslims in the country]] (see [[History of Bangladeshis in the United Kingdom]]).

The mosque can hold up to 3,200 (including 200 women)<ref name="Jamia Masjid1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muslimdirectory.co.uk/viewdetails.php?id%3D5275%26companyname%3Dbrick+lane%26orgtype%3D | title=Muslim Directory| accessdate=2011-11-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601174716/http://www.muslimdirectory.co.uk/viewdetails.php?id=5275&companyname=brick%20lane&orgtype= |archivedate=2012-06-01 }} Muslim Directory</ref> and is most crowded during the ''[[jummah]]'' prayers on Friday.<ref name="icons">[http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/brick-lane/features/59-brick-lane 59 Brick Lane: a History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830042646/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/brick-lane/features/59-brick-lane|date=30 August 2008}} Icons of England. Retrieved on 2009-04-27.</ref> All sermons are delivered in [[English language|English]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]]. The mosque follows the traditions of [[Sunni Islam]].<ref name="Jamia Masjid1">{{cite web|url=http://mosques.muslimsinbritain.org/maps-mobile.php?id=1347 |title=Jamia Masjid|work = Muslims in Britain |date =16 June 2017}}</ref> The mosque has close links with the [[Bangladesh Welfare Association]], which addresses social and community needs.<ref>David Garbin (June 2005) [http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Arts/CRONEM/SOASBangladeshi%20diaspora%20PaperDRAFT-7June2005.pdf Bangladeshi diaspora in the UK: some observations on socio-cultural dynamics, religious trends and transnational politics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923014220/http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Arts/CRONEM/SOASBangladeshi%20diaspora%20PaperDRAFT-7June2005.pdf |date=2010-09-23 }} University of Surrey. Retrieved on 2009-04-27.</ref><ref>Ira Marvin Lapidus (2002). ''A history of Islamic societies''. Cambridge University Press. p. 799. {{ISBN|978-0-521-77933-3}}.</ref> [[Arabic]] and [[mother tongue]] classes are available for children on the top floors.

The Brick Lane Mosque was once known as the London Great Mosque, but much larger places of worship for [[Islam in London|Muslims in the capital]] opened in [[Regent's Park]] (the [[London Central Mosque]], 1978) and then nearby [[Whitechapel Road]] (the [[East London Mosque]], 1985).

== See also ==
{{Portal|London|Islam}}
* [[Islam in the United Kingdom]]
* [[Islamic schools and branches]]
* [[List of mosques]]
* [[List of mosques in the United Kingdom]]
* [[Saheb Qiblah Fultali]]
* [[Sufism]]

==Notes==
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== References ==
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==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Brick Lane Mosque}}
{{Mosques in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Sunni mosques in London]]
[[Category:Religion in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi diaspora in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets]]
[[Category:Grade II* listed religious buildings and structures]]
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures converted into mosques]]
[[Category:18th-century churches in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:19th-century synagogues in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:20th-century mosques in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Spitalfields]]
[[Category:Grand mosques|Brick Lane]]

Brick Lane Mosque - Revision history

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