Historic churches · South Wales
Al-Manar Centre
Al-Manar Centre — a mosque in wales-south, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
Al-Manar Centre is a mosque located in wales-south, United Kingdom. Catalogued from Wikidata's UK heritage register; see the Wikipedia article for further historical and visitor details.
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Place summary
Al-Manar Centre is a mosque located in South Wales. It serves as a community hub for local Muslims and provides various services and activities. The centre reflects the growing diversity of the region's religious landscape.
AI-generated from the structured facts on this page (operator, designation, listing, era). Not a substitute for visiting.
Background
History
Founded in 1992, it describes itself as being "one of [the] Ahlus-Sunnah organisations". A widely circulated claim holds that a mosque was registered at this address in 1860, which would make the Al-Manar Centre the oldest mosque in the United Kingdom. This has, however, been shown to result from a transcription error in the Register of Religious Sites, making the Liverpool Muslim Institute, established in 1891, the first. In 2014, the mosque became the subject of media attention after it emerged that Nasser Muthana and Reyaad Khan, two young men who appeared in a propaganda video for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and Muthana's brother Aseel, also fighting in Syria for the same…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4879, -3.1756
- District
- Cardiff
- Parish
- Cathays
- Postcode
- CF24 4YE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth
- Phone
- +44 2920 646 900
- Established
- 1992
- Official site
- www.shermantheatre.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q3883744 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Al-Manar Centre (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Al-Manar Centre?
- Al-Manar Centre is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode CF24 4YE), in the parish of Cathays.
- When was Al-Manar Centre built?
- Built or established in 1992.
- Who owns Al-Manar Centre?
- Al-Manar Centre is owned by | leadership =.
- Is Al-Manar Centre free to visit?
- Yes, Al-Manar Centre is free to enter.
- How do I get to Al-Manar Centre?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode CF24 4YE. It sits within the Cardiff South and Penarth parliamentary constituency.