Al Manaar | The Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre

A Welcoming and Beautiful Place for Worship Al Manaar | The Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre is a truly welcoming and peaceful place for Muslim worship. From the moment you step inside, you feel a sense of warmth and community. The mosque is beautifully maintained, offering a clean and serene environment that enhances the spiritual experience. The staff and volunteers are friendly and always ready to assist, making everyone feel comfortable, whether you are a regular visitor or coming for the first time. The facilities are well-organized, and the atmosphere is both calming and uplifting. Beyond being a place of prayer, Al Manaar also plays an important role in the community, offering educational and cultural activities that bring people together. It is a place that reflects the true values of Islam—hospitality, kindness, and unity. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a peaceful and welcoming place to pray and connect with the community. Handyman Arts Khaled

The mosque is truly a sight to behold, with its captivating beauty evident in both its interior and exterior. The ground floor is adorned with exquisite decorations, and the new, pristine carpets provide a soft and inviting space for prayer. It's a pleasure to kneel and pray on them. However, when it comes to the first floor, while it maintains a level of cleanliness, there is room for improvement. The surface can be a bit challenging for prayers, especially during the bustling Friday congregations when the mosque is packed to capacity. Additionally, the mosque's location is somewhat unusual, given its proximity to the motorway. Despite this, it exudes an aura of serenity and spirituality that envelops all who visit. It truly is a peaceful and soulful place of worship.

Beautiful masjid mashallah. Wonderful management. Urgently needs to establish madrasa. Nursery for kids and long-term goals should include muslim primary school and high school with college. Proper maulana's and mufti courses needs to be taught as well.

Beautiful, beautiful mosque. Main prayer area very beautifully-designed. There is also a middle prayer area that has a sunroof which is great during Jumah prayers, keeps the congregation warm. Jumah khutbah in Arabic first and English afterwards in 1 session.

Very clean Masjid Macha Allah, You meet nice people and place where you can feel peaceful and welcoming.

Salaam, the Mosque is in a very good location. The staff are generally very helpful. The problem is I went on Friday and spoke with management team. During compulsory prayers, they continually perform congregated supplication (Dua Qunut) before the end of the prayer which is an innovation (bid'ah) that can potentially invalidate the prayer. This is also causing harm/inconvenience to worshippers who work close by and need to get back to work on time from their break. The answer I received from management was unacceptable and told me to "do as I wish" when I informed them that I will be letting the wider Muslim community know about the practices in this masjid if they continue to innovate in their prayers. Anyone who wants evidence, I can publish this on social media for you to judge for yourself.

Rather disappointed with this place lately. Been going to this masjid for nearly 20 years, and it's always been very arab orientated, I have no problem with that as the major portion of the local muslim community is arab, but recently it's been overtly so. My frustration is mainly on the facet of Friday Jummahs, general they've always had an Arabic and English khutbah before the Jummah, I remember they used to be nearly equal length, but recently it seems that if the time given for the Khutbah is 40 minutes, the Arabic one will be a good elaborate 30+ minutes and the English one will be 10 at best, and clearly rushed and much shorter in content. Still these days I often go to the masjid near my work so I didn't raise an issue, but today I went and the entire Khutbah is in Arabic, more or less excluding anyone who's not an arabic speaker from listening and learning. I understand Arabic is good to learn for all muslims, but the fact is that in England virtually every muslim who goes to an English mosque will speak English, but not all will speak Arabic, so when you start doing Khutbahs only in Arabic it may not be unreasonable to start to feel like the masjid caters only to Arabs. I've attended literally hundreds of Jummahs at this masjid, donated many thousands of pounds because I respect this masjid, but I feel like the people in charge don't really seem to consider the wider community. Inshallah I will try and go again next week in the hope that today was a one off, but honestly even if it keeps up the trend of delivering the Khutbah for 30 minutes in Arabic and then 5 minutes in English I think I'll have to find another masjid, as lovely as this one is in appearance.

Beautiful mosque complete with all amenities.