:: Prayer Timetable
| Wednesday 22 February 2012 | ||
| Begins | Jama'ah | |
| Fajr | 05:25 | 06:15 |
| Duhr | 12:19 | 12:30 |
| Asr | 02:55 | 03:15 |
| Maghrib | 05:31 | 05:36 |
| Isha | 06:58 | 08:00 |
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About us
Please allow us to welcome you to the Lewisham Islamic Centre, the beating heart of the Muslim community in the London Borough of Lewisham and the surrounding area. This part of South-East London is home to several thousand Muslim families - according to the 2001 census, the population of Lewisham was then some 250,000. Of these, 4.5% were Muslim – equivalent to some 11,250 people. Many of these Muslims had originally come from the five different continents and more than a score of different countries; many are
British born and bred, albeit the second, third or fourth generation of immigrant ancestors. An ever increasing number are descendants of families that have never known any other country, as they have always lived in Britain. They may have been brought up as Catholics, Anglicans, Jews, agnostics or atheists but each one has individually found his or her own way to Islam. Likewise many newcomers to Islam are descendants of
History
In the late 1970s a small group of Muslims gathered for Jumua (Friday) prayers at the house of Dr Saleem, in Bellingham Road. Typically there would be five to ten people for Jumua each week. A small group of families pooled their resources and energy, and purchased the property in Brownhill Road, Catford, thereby establishing the first mosque for local Muslims. As some of these families lived beyond the borders of Lewisham (in Chislehurst and Erith) the name “Lewisham & Kent Islaamic Centre” was chosen. Thanks to the generosity and hard work of these founding families the building was purchased outright, for cash. The Brownhill Road building served the community well for some twenty years before it was finally recognised that it was no longer adequate for the needs of the growing congregation – indeed towards the end it had been necessary to maintain a large marquee tent in the back garden, to provide space for extra worshippers. We moved to the current site in 2000.
In the late 1970s a small group of Muslims gathered for Jumua (Friday) prayers at the house of Dr Saleem, in Bellingham Road. Typically there would be five to ten people for Jumua each week. A small group of families pooled their resources and energy, and purchased the property in Brownhill Road, Catford, thereby establishing the first mosque for local Muslims. As some of these families lived beyond the borders of Lewisham (in Chislehurst and Erith) the name “Lewisham & Kent Islaamic Centre” was chosen. Thanks to the generosity and hard work of these founding families the building was purchased outright, for cash. The Brownhill Road building served the community well for some twenty years before it was finally recognised that it was no longer adequate for the needs of the growing congregation – indeed towards the end it had been necessary to maintain a large marquee tent in the back garden, to provide space for extra worshippers. We moved to the current site in 2000.