Hunguri Posted May 31, 2007 On Christmas Day 1889, the Liverpool solicitor and Muslim convert William Abdullah Quilliam opened the doors of what is England's first mosque. Quilliam was the son of a wealthy watch manufacturer. At 17, and newly qualified as a solicitor, he was sent to Morocco to recuperate from illness. By the time he returned a year later, he had taken his 'Shahadah' - a Muslim declaration of faith. He changed his name from William to Abdullah. A famously charismatic man, he initially held lectures on Islam in the Temperance League Hall on Mount Vernon Street in Liverpool. PS:- Below, is the source of this story.... Source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allamagan Posted June 1, 2007 ..he was known as a poor man's lawyer and he helped all the poor flower women in Liverpool because they used to want paternity orders because they were all having illegitimate children all over the place and so he used to get these paternity orders and try to track down the fathers to make them pay so they all loved him because he always used to come up with the goods!." Masha'allah, what a great man! thanks... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haaraahur. Posted June 3, 2007 Maasha ALLAAH indeed King Offa of Mercia (Middle England) issued a gold coin that bears the shahaadah 747 AD. http://www.islamic-awareness.org/History/Islam/offa.html http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/bmh/BMH-AQ-offa.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
