Back in 2015, a devastating fire destroyed The Baitul Futuh Mosque. Now, eight years later the place of worship is set to reopen to 13,000 worshipers.
It is finally being unveiled after eight years of waiting , an imam of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community Farhad Ahmad opened up on the devastation of the fire, as well as how beneficial the new-look mosque building will be.
‘A lot of people from London used to come there for Friday prayers on a weekly basis and it was just part and parcel of our lives really, but when we heard about [the fire] everyone rushed down to see if anyone needs any help or anything.’ ‘Obviously, we said to them we weren’t going to take any funds from schools to rebuild it and of course, the mosque will still be open for the local community to use.The fire at the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden back in 2015 The mosque’s administrative space was heavily damaged
Farhad revealed some of the special new features of the mosque, which incorporate sustainable technologies.
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