Year: 2016

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Eid-ul-Adha

Eid prayer times on Monday 12th September 2016:

  • 1st prayer: 7:00 am
  • 2nd prayer: 8:00 am
  • 3rd prayer: 9:30 am

Followed by Eid celebration,  from 10:00 am InShaaAllah.

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Dhul-Hijjah 1437

The official dates for the new Hijri month are:

  • 1 Dhul-Hijjah will be on Saturday 3 September 2016
  • The day of ‘Arafah shall be on Sunday 11 September 2016
  • ‘Eid al-Adha will be on Monday 12 September 2016
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Mosque officially approved to Solemnise Religious/Belief Marriage

We are very pleased to share the news of acquiring approved celebrant status under the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977.

So what does this mean? Well, it means that marriages can be officially conducted on the mosque grounds by the Imam! Since he began his work in December last year, a lot of couples had wanted to get married at the Central Mosque, but we had always directed them to the mosques already having the celebrant status whilst our application was being processed by National Records Scotland. It is now with great joy for us to share with the Edinburgh Muslim community that marriage vows can now be officially exchanged at the central mosque. A few guidelines to follow however are here.

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Eid-ul-Fitr

Eid-ul-Fitr in Edinburgh will be on Wednesday 6th July InShaa’Allah. Tuesday will be the 30th and the last day of Ramadan.

Eid prayers on Wednesday will happen at:

  • 6:00 am
  • 8:00 am
  • 9:30 am

Eid celebration will be on Wednesday from 10:00 am InShaa’Allah at the mosque grounds.

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EdMosque: our official Android app

The Mosque is pleased to share with you its new official Android app. It can be downloaded free from Google Play.

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The app gives you actual prayer times, announcements and up-to-date events on your phone or tablet. Moreover, the app can notify you when the prayer approaches.

An Apple iOS app will follow soon InShaaAllah.

Please send any feedback or suggestions to media [at] edmosque [dot] org.

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Workshop: Praying Like Our Prophet Muhammad

“Pray as you have seen me” said our beloved Prophet Muhammad – peace be upon him – to his companions. Today, some 1400 years later, a lot of Muslims struggle to have a clear idea of how to pray. From converts embracing the faith to those raised culturally Muslim, many grey areas exist around this important ritual – the second pillar of Islam.

This 2-day event comprises of a series of workshops covering the basics of Salah (prayer) from purification to Tasleem (ending with peace). It will elaborate on the manners and etiquettes of prayer besides the rulings of jurisprudence to aid us towards achieving that great milestone reached by the Prophet – peace be upon him – who said: “the prayer was made the coolness of my eyes.”

The workshop will be a series of interactive sessions taking place Saturday and Sunday the 7th and 8th May between 2:00pm and 6:30pm in the Main Prayer Hall.

The workshop is led by the Imam of Edinburgh Central Mosque – Yahya Barry, PhD Candidate Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, MA Peace & Conflict, MA The Religious Roots of Europe.

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Resilience Workshop

The idea behind the workshop is to share with the people of Edinburgh some of the tools which Islam came with in order to build a strong identity and self-belief which resists the trials and tribulations of this life whether it be: discrimination, hate crime, depression, loneliness, anxiety, poverty, low self-esteem …

The workshop will be a series of interactive sessions taking place Saturday and Sunday the 23rd and 24th January between 2.30pm and 4.30pm.

Non-Muslims wishing to attend the workshop are very welcome to do so!

The workshop is led by the Imam of Edinburgh Central Mosque – Yahya Barry, PhD Candidate Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, MA Peace & Conflict, MA The Religious Roots of Europe.