Aziziye Mosque (London)

{{Short description|Mosque in London, England, United Kingdom}}

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| location = Stoke Newington, London, United Kingdom

| religious_affiliation = Islam

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The Aziziye Mosque ({{langx|tr|Aziziye Camii}}) is a mosque in Stoke Newington, London. The mosque was funded by the UK Turkish Islamic Association and the conversion began in 1983. Turks who had once felt reluctant to attend a ‘non-Turkish’ mosque welcomed the congregation as services were provided in the Turkish language rather than in English or Arabic.{{Harvnb|Ansari|2004|loc=352}}. The total capacity is 2,000 people.{{cite web |author=Mosque Directory|title=Aziziye Mosque (Stoke Newington, Hackney, London)|url=http://mosques.muslimsinbritain.org/show-mosque.php?id=1160|access-date=2011-01-28}} The institution includes a Halal butcher, a weekend school (Aziziye Education Centre), a wedding hall and a restaurant.{{cite web |author=Londralondra|title=Aziziye Camii Londra / Aziziye Mosque London|date=5 September 2010 |url=http://www.londralondra.com/londra-hakkinda/aziziye-camii-londra-aziziye-mosque-london.html|access-date=2011-01-28| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101228004743/http://www.londralondra.com/londra-hakkinda/aziziye-camii-londra-aziziye-mosque-london.html| archive-date= 28 December 2010 | url-status= live}}

Originally built as a cinema, it first opened in 1913 as the Apollo Picture House, was reopened in 1933 as the Ambassador Cinema and from 1974 played martial arts films and softcore sex films as the Astra Cinema, before closing in 1983.{{cite web|publisher=Cinema Treasures|title=Astra Cinema|author=KenRoe|access-date=2011-06-15|url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/14874}} It is among Hackney Council's "Locally Listed Buildings."{{cite news|last=Haywood|first=Susie|date=2011-02-21|access-date=2011-06-15|title=Lovely landmarks|publisher=Hackney Today|volume=250|page=5|url=http://www.hackney.gov.uk/Assets/Documents/HT250.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319025831/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/Assets/Documents/HT250.pdf|archive-date=2012-03-19|url-status=dead}}