London’s FIRST Mosque: Why King Faisal, Jinnah & Iqbal Attended The AHMADIYYA Fazl Masjid!

Did you know that Ahmadi Muslims built London's first mosque, the Fazl Mosque in Putney, where many prominent Muslim leaders would gather for prayers and religious events? Among those who visited were King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Allama Iqbal, and even Abdullah Quilliam, the UK's first Muslim convert.

But why did these influential figures attend an Ahmadi mosque, and what does this reveal about their views on the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community?

In this podcast, Asif Mahmood Basit explains the hidden history behind these visits—uncovering the lesser-known facts and exploring why this chapter of Muslim history is often left out of mainstream narratives. This is a conversation that many may find uncomfortable, but it's a crucial part of understanding the dynamics of Islam in Britain!

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0:00 Intro
1:03 Ahmadis built FIRST mosque in London (Fazl mosque)
3:02 Attempts to build a mosque - LMF
5:00 Muslim press - Foundation stone laid
6:55 Everyone knew it was an AHMADIYYA mosque
7:36 Inauguration in 1926 - Prominent attendees
8:30 King Faisal of Saudi Arabia visits!
11:55 Muhammad Ali Jinnah - frequent visitor
13:35 Sir Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal)
15:45 Ahmadiyya Community missionary work
17:00 Ahmadi Imams representatives of Indian Muslims
18:50 Dawah being led by Ahmadi Muslims
20:00 Historians on Ahmadiyya missionary activity
22:24 Islam in Britain by Ron Geaves
24:30 Ahmadiyya success caused envy & jealousy
26:40 Opponents hide their history
27:10 King George gifted Muslims their land!
28:50 Donations of poor Ahmadis vs British donations
29:45 REASON FOR ANTI-AHMADI PROPOGANDA
32:00 Pseudo-historians, researchers & academics
33:30 Taster of upcoming discussions...

[AlHakamOnline]

It's been 100 years since the foundation of London's First Mosque which became the hub of Muslim activity across England. Did you know this history? Comment below. 👇

[CalligraphybyShukri]

So informative. JazakAllah for sharing this background. Really helps to understand where their hate and jealousy stems from.

[ABT-nsw]

Its amazing that Abdullah Quilliam, Jinnah, Iqbal and King Faisal etc clearly accepted Ahamdis as Muslims and liked what they were doing...

[abdulbari]

Mashaa Allah you are doing great work
It will be shock for lot of Muslims to know this truth,

[ahamedshafih]

Really good discussion full of historical facts, worthy of sharing

[mohammedilyas_official]

God bless you for this priceless &, honest information, hidden from the masses for jealousy against the peaceful Ahmadiyya Muslim community.

[wisynumuliawan]

Assalamualaikum from Ahmadi Indonesian 🇮🇩
Masya Allah
Mubarak

[abdulmajidsheikh]

The very first mosque in England was the Woking Mosque built by Leitner, the man who founded Government College and Punjab University …

[Sadaquat-snid]

May Allah bless all of you working for the sake of Allah.

[zaynkarim]

Jazakallah khairan for this program! So informative, Masha’Allah 🙌🏾

[divinewillorganizationpj]

If you don't defend yourself, people will believe what they hear. May God help humanity.

[shirazjaved]

I personally being a Muslim consider the Qadiani/Ahmadia doctrine to be an apostasy against the core doctrine of Islam.
Having said that they are absolutely free to adopt whatever religion they want to adopt and should be allowed to practice it.
I totally reject Qadiani version to be within the fold of Islam, and that’s the extent of my disagreement with them. On that they are to totally disagree with me and ALLAH is the ultimate judge on this matter.

[rambo-sj]

Would love to see what the ‘historian’ Adnan Rashid has to say about all this… the facts are so clear

[khalidhayat]

This program should have been made in the Fazal Mosque.

[Safeer]

Alhamdullilah lots of precious information just wanted to ask if you could talk more about the mosque of “Political Muslims” and how it couldn’t be London first mosque jazakallah

[Sadaquat-snid]

کتب اللہ لاغلبن انا ورسلی خدا اور اس کے رسول ہمیشہ غالب آتے ہیں

[riaznuckcheddy]

La illaha illallah mohammdu rassollallah

[Usama_Awais]

Assalamo Alaikum. Please could you share resources that I can read to get a better insight on Hadhrat Musleh Maud (ra)’s role in the partition of India and Pak. Jazakumullah Ahsanal Jaza

[qudsiaward]

Is it only since the Ahmadi Muslim Community taught it's members to understand the Quran for themelves and read it in their own language as well as in Arabic, providing tanslations in many languages alongside the Arabic, that other Muslims have been compelled to provide translations too? Reading in Arabic without understanding leaves Muslims exposed to false claims about its contents as were Christians when the Bible was only available in Latin and most Christians couldn't read.

[saniaamir]

How many Qandians pray five times a day?
Building a masjid is not a big deal, Building Eman is the real thing.
I haven't seen any Qadiani in my life who prays 5 times a day regularly . Can prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa alehi wassallam and his companions and early Muslims ignore salah like the so called prophet's jamat does