Muslims have been celebrating Christmas in Britain for a lot longer than you'd think
London(KNA) : Al Jazeera recently reported that some Muslims celebrated Christmas in Britain as far back as the 19th century
England's first mosque, founded by Imam William Henry "Abdullah" Quilliam in 1887 in Liverpool, enjoyed its first Christmas day in 1888.
The Muslim community embraced the charitable side of the season, that some feel is lost today, by inviting over 100 poor people to enjoy Christmas breakfast inside the mosque.
Hymns were sung praising the birth of Prophet Isa (or Jesus), food was shared and, by evening, numbers surged.
These descriptions are from The Crescent, Britain's first Muslim newspaper that was made available online by the Abdullah Quilliam Society and the British Library.
Muslim scholar Tim Winter told indy100 that the Victorian Muslims were celebrating Christmas in their own way.
He explained:
Source: Independent , Al Jazeera