The Aziziye Mosque ( tr, Aziziye Camii) is a mosque in
Stoke Newington, London. The mosque was funded by the UK Turkish Islamic Association and the conversion began in 1983. Turks who had once felt reluctant to attend a ‘non-Turkish’ mosque welcomed the congregation as services were provided in the
Turkish language
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rather than in
English
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* English people
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or
Arabic
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. The total capacity is 2,000 people. The institution includes a Halal butcher, a weekend school (Aziziye Education Centre), a wedding hall and a restaurant.
Originally built as a
cinema
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Film
* Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography
* Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image
** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking
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, it first opened in 1913 as the ''Apollo Picture House'', was reopened in 1933 as the ''Ambassador Cinema'' and from 1974 played
martial arts film
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s and
softcore sex films as the ''Astra Cinema'', before closing in 1983. It is among
Hackney Council's "Locally
Listed Building
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s."
See also
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Shacklewell Lane Mosque
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Suleymaniye Mosque (London)
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Islam in London
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Turks in the United Kingdom
References
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External links
Turkish Religious Foundation of the United KingdomVisit London: Aziziye Mosque
Sunni mosques in London
Stoke Newington
Theatres completed in 1913
Mosques completed in 1983
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