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William H. Quilliam
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Muslim convert who founded the Liverpool Mosque and Muslim Institute
Other names
Sheikh Abdullah Quilliam
Haroon Mustapha Leon
Place of birth
Liverpool, England
Place of death
London
About
William Quilliam founded the Liverpool Mosque and Muslim Institute in 1891. He had converted to Islam in 1887. In 1894 the Ottoman Emperor declared Quilliam the Sheikh-ul-Islam of Britain.
Guilford, John, ‘Quilliam, William Henry (1856–1932)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/73031]
Visram, Rozina, Asians in Britain: 400 Years of History (London: Pluto, 2002)
Image credit
© Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1930s – present
