About Us | Leytonstone Islamic Association
Leytonstone Islamic Association has been serving the Muslim Community for over 50 years
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Leytonstone Islamic Association is a registered charity (273945) and was founded in 1969 to cater for the needs of the local Muslim community within Leytonstone and its surrounding areas.
Today, the mosque provides a wide range of services, in addition to the daily prayers. We have: advice and counselling; education for young people and children; services related to marriage and death; and many more. We have a team of staff and volunteers to enable us to provide and deliver for our local community.
Some of the Services we provide:
At Leytonstone Masjid, we provide a wide range of services to cater for the local Leytonstone community and beyond.
Nikkah
Islamic Marriage Services
Madressa
Islamic Education for our Children and Young People since 1969.
School Visits
We run guided tours for schools and local organisations.
A Brief timeline
1969
Leytonstone Islamic Association Formed
Leytonstone Islamic Association was formed and from here the story began. At first, a hall was hired for Salaat, which was available for Jummah and Madressa. The hall was used for Madressa on weekends only.
1974
Purchase of the Elliott Rooms
Donations were entirely provided by the local Muslim Community and the Elliot Rooms Property was purchased and work began on the redevelopment of the site to cater for worshippers.
1976
Leytonstone Masjid Opens
Leytonstone Masjid Opened its doors to cater for the growing local Muslim Community. Masjid is the Arabic word for Mosque.
1978
Registered For Solemnising Marriages
Leytonstone Masjid was registered for solemnising marriages on 13th February 1978.
1995
2nd Floor Expansion
Leytonstone Masjid underwent a major refurbishment which saw the creation of a second floor in the mosque to cater for the increasing number of worshippers.
3rd October 2017
Leytonstone Masjid Launches Live Stream
Leytonstone Masjid launched its online live streaming service. The local community along with listeners across the world can tune in live to our programmes and sermons from their mobile and internet connected devices, via the Masjid website.
8th May 2020
Call to Prayer (Adhan) broadcasted publicly over loudspeaker
Leytonstone Masjid along with other local mosques across Waltham Forest were given special permission to broadcast the Call to Prayer (Adhan) for Friday Prayers (Jummah Salah) publicly over loudspeakers, during the Coronavirus lock-downs of 2020.
The lock-down saw the Masjid close it’s doors to the public for the first time in it’s 44 year history since 1976. During the global pandemic, there were 2 lockdowns: 20th March to 4th July 2020 (106 Days) and 4th November to 2nd December 2020 (28 days).