{"id":5664,"date":"2015-08-11T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=5664"},"modified":"2015-08-11T12:06:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T11:06:00","slug":"london-mosque-feeds-needy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/london-mosque-feeds-needy\/","title":{"rendered":"London Mosque Feeds Needy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Finsbury<\/a>Giving back to the community, a London mosque offers hot meals and psychological support once a week for the city\u2019s needy, reflecting one of the tenets of Islam of charity.
\nThe project \u201cis part of several inter-religious initiatives that aim to serve the communities around,\u201d Mohammad Ali, the deputy director of the Mosque, told Al Jazeera on Saturday, August 8.
\nLocated in London Borough of Islington, Finsbury Park Mosque opens its doors for London\u2019s homeless once a week to show the true face of Islam.
\nSocial workers at the mosque welcome dozens of needy people who come to share worries and hopes.
\nAccording to Ishiya, a volunteer at the mosque, the homeless are finding the social security they lack on the streets.
\nThe mosque hopes to provide better meals with more regularity, Ishiya added.
\nThe mosque hosts a number of activities that target both Muslims and non-Muslims, “Muslims should have a role in social integration,\u201d Ali explained.
\nThe mosque, which has become a focal point in the community for interfaith and peaceful worship over the past 10 years, was often overshadowed by its old links with extremist preacher Abu Hamza, who was sentenced to life in US prison.
\nThe mosque is now the only one in the country to have received the charity commission-endorsed Visible Quality Award for its work in the community.
\nLast month, prominent British Muslim scholar has urged the UK authorities to remove Finsbury Park mosque from a confidential terrorism blacklist used by UK high street banks.
\nThe mosque was branded as a \u201cterrorism risk\u201d on the confidential database used by 49 out of the world\u2019s biggest 50 banks.
\nShortly after HSBC’s decision to close mosque accounts, the Finsbury Park mosque has received some 15 emails and letters which included hand drawn images depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a devil worshipper.
\nFollowing Paris attack earlier this year, the mosque came under a barrage of hate mails, death threats and offensive cartoons.
\nBritain is home to a sizable Muslim minority of nearly 2.7 million.
\nIn 2011, think tank Demo found that Muslims in the United Kingdom are more patriotic than the rest of population.
\nResponding to the statement \u201cI am proud to be a British citizen\u201d, 83% of Muslims said they are proud of being British.
\nReflecting a deep-rooted relationship, a synagogue in the northern British city of Bradford has appointed, this month, its first Muslim member, in a decision passed unanimously by its ruling body.<\/p>\n

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