Pupils show off their designs for new mosque
Head teacher Cath Precious with Imam Abid Salik and some of the children with their drawings
PUPILS at a York primary school found out about plans for a new mosque in their neighbourhood.
Imam Abid Salik was invited to speak to the youngsters at Tang Hall primary school about the designs for the new mosque in Bull Lane and in turn they showed him their own drawings of what they think it should look like.
As The Press reported last month, work is finally underway on the
project almost three years after planning permission was granted.
With no grants or money available to put toward the cost, it was left up to the congregation to raise the cash themselves, and total of more than £670,000 was raised after donations flooded in from members, families and supporters.
The start of the work’s first phase, which includes building a sub-structure complete with windows and doors to accommodate the mosque’s sizeable congregation, was celebrated at a turf cutting ceremony and featured in The Press.
Teacher, Fiona McCallion, said: "I saw the article in the paper and I thought it looked wonderful. I determined there and then to let the Imam know that we at Tang Hall Primary School thought that the new mosque would be a great asset to the our local community, and a splendid work of architecture to boot.
"I spoke to my class and we decided to draw our designs for the new mosque, then invite the Imam to come and see them.
"Despite being an extremely busy man, he came in , talked to the children, congratulated them on their pictures and invited them to visit both the current and planned mosques. He then spoke in front of a whole school assembly, and his personable, down-to-earth demeanour won everyone over."
Imam Abid Salik was invited to speak to the youngsters at Tang Hall primary school about the designs for the new mosque in Bull Lane and in turn they showed him their own drawings of what they think it should look like.
With no grants or money available to put toward the cost, it was left up to the congregation to raise the cash themselves, and total of more than £670,000 was raised after donations flooded in from members, families and supporters.
The start of the work’s first phase, which includes building a sub-structure complete with windows and doors to accommodate the mosque’s sizeable congregation, was celebrated at a turf cutting ceremony and featured in The Press.
Teacher, Fiona McCallion, said: "I saw the article in the paper and I thought it looked wonderful. I determined there and then to let the Imam know that we at Tang Hall Primary School thought that the new mosque would be a great asset to the our local community, and a splendid work of architecture to boot.
"Despite being an extremely busy man, he came in , talked to the children, congratulated them on their pictures and invited them to visit both the current and planned mosques. He then spoke in front of a whole school assembly, and his personable, down-to-earth demeanour won everyone over."
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