Exeter Mosque & Cultural Centre | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Location | |
Location | 12-13 York Road, Exeter |
Country | England |
Geographic coordinates | 50°43′45″N 3°31′30″W / 50.729272°N 3.525023°W |
Exeter Mosque & Cultural Centre is a mosque in the City of Exeter, in Devon, England.
The mosque's history began in 1976 when 15 York Road was purchased for use as a permanent place for meeting and prayer. Over time, as more space was needed 14 York Road was also purchased. Following a purchase of land from the adjacent school in the late 2000s, work began on a purpose-built mosque for Exeter's Muslim community. [1] The current mosque opened in 2011 following three years of construction work, which cost approximately £1.7 million. [2]
In 2018, the trustees of the mosque faced questions from the media regarding donations received from the cleric Sadiq Al-Ghariani. [3] [4]
Following the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings, Exeter Mosque was one of the mosques where people stood guard in solidarity with the Muslim community. [5]