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Preston Mosque

Also known as: Preston Mosque

mosque in Australia

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1976
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The Preston Mosque, officially the Umar bin Al-Khattab Mosque, is a Sunni mosque in Preston, a suburb of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. It stands on Park Avenue, Preston, Melbourne 3072. The mosque is managed by the Islamic Society of Victoria Inc, which is based at the same site. It is also known as the seat of Sheikh Fehmi Naji El-Imam, who was appointed Grand Mufti of Australia.

History

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The mosque is recorded as having been built in 1976.

Between 2007 and 2011 it was the seat of the late cleric Sheikh Fehmi Naji El-Imam, who was appointed Grand Mufti of Australia.

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The Preston Mosque, officially the Umar bin Al-Khattab Mosque, is a mosque located in Preston, a suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia.

The mosque is run by the (co-located) Islamic Society of Victoria Inc (ISV) and, between 2007 and 2011, was the seat of the late Muslim cleric, Sheik Fehmi Naji El-Imam, who was appointed as Grand Mufti of Australia.

Source: Wikipedia, article “Preston Mosque”; quoted unchanged under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Read more on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0

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