Chesham Mosque
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Chesham Mosque is a mosque
in Chesham
, England
. Completed in July 2005 but officially opened on 14 August 2005, Chesham Mosque is located on Bellingdon Road. The Imam
of the mosque is Arif Hussain. The plot that the mosque is built on cost £331,000 to buy but the total cost of the mosque after completion is £1.6 million. The project started in January 1999 and all the money has been raised by collections and donations. School trips are regularly held for students to come and visit the mosque. The mosque is the heart of the Muslim community in Chesham
.
Mosque
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...
in Chesham
Chesham
Chesham is a market town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located 11 miles south-east of the county town of Aylesbury. Chesham is also a civil parish designated a town council within Chiltern district. It is situated in the Chess Valley and surrounded by farmland, as well as...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Completed in July 2005 but officially opened on 14 August 2005, Chesham Mosque is located on Bellingdon Road. The Imam
Imam
An imam is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads Islamic worship services. More often, the community turns to the mosque imam if they have a religious question...
of the mosque is Arif Hussain. The plot that the mosque is built on cost £331,000 to buy but the total cost of the mosque after completion is £1.6 million. The project started in January 1999 and all the money has been raised by collections and donations. School trips are regularly held for students to come and visit the mosque. The mosque is the heart of the Muslim community in Chesham
Chesham
Chesham is a market town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located 11 miles south-east of the county town of Aylesbury. Chesham is also a civil parish designated a town council within Chiltern district. It is situated in the Chess Valley and surrounded by farmland, as well as...
.