HISTORY

old mosque ablution area

 North London Mosque Trust (NLMT), also known as Masjid-E-Quba, is situated in the northern part of the London Borough of Hackney in an area called Stamford Hill. It has been catering for the needs of the local muslims in and around its surrounding areas since 1970 when it was located on Forburg Road.

The local muslims in the area are mainly from Gujarat, India who first came to the area as early as the 1950′s. The area now has many musIims from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Somalia, Turkey and various Arab countries. To further provide for the needs of local muslims, members of the local community have also set up a Muslim girls school, Muslim boys School, Muslim community/youth centre and a Muslim housing association all located more or less on the same road and next door buildings. Over the past years the mosque has also strengthened its relationship with those from other faith communities such as the local Hassidic Jewish community and local churches. The masjid is also involved with local authorities and has held diversity training for local police officers

 NLMT Timeline Stage 1

 As the local muslim population started to increase a need to purchase a larger building arose. Alhamdulillah subseqeuntly in the early 1980′s a much larger property nearby at 70 Cazenove Road was purchased. 

Upstairs classrooms before Mosque old Stage 1 Stage 1

 

NLMT Timeline Stage 2

 

Some years later in the mid 1980′s when the need arose again to expand, by the grace of Allah (most High) the next door building (No. 72) was purchased so as to double the size of the current masjid and madrassah (supplementary religious school) spaces.

 NLMT Timeline Stage 3

The main prayer hall in mid 80′s was on the first floor of No.70.  Next door No. 72 was mainIy used as a girls madrassah. Again some years later and as a result of the continued increase in the local muslim populace the prayer hall and wudu (ablution) facilites was considered to be too small to meet such needs as Jumu’ah, Ramdhan and Eid so it was decided to have a much larger purpose built prayer hall and wudu and toilet facilities constructed on the ground floor including using the garden spaces of both properties to buiId the main prayer hall and in front of this to have the wudhu and toilet facilities. Mashallah the new facilities were opened in 1988

NLMT Timeline Stage 4

In 1993 the existing main structure of the mosque was totally demolished to make way for a purpose built building joining the 2 properties properly so as to have a proper constructed madrassah on the upper floors and a larger wudhu and toilet facility built under the front yards of both properties.
 

NLMT Timeline Stage 5

The madrassah now has approximately 300 daily students. In 1999 the main hall was reconstructed and extended to its current structure which can now hold approximately 700 worshippers, combined with the space on the upper floor the mosque can now hold in excess of 1800 worshippers