The Glasgow Central Mosque is a Sunni Deobandi[1] mosque, located on the south bank of the River Clyde in the Gorbals district of central Glasgow, Scotland, in the United Kingdom.
[2] The mosque was designed by Coleman Ballantine Partnership Architects in the Islamic style built in old red sandstone, and was completed in 1983.
[3] In February 2016, Habib ur Rehman Rauf,[a] then-religious head of the mosque (who moved to an Edinburgh mosque in 2020), was quoted in the media supporting the actions of Mumtaz Qadri, who assassinated Pakistani politician Salman Taseer whilst acting as his security guard.
Habib said his "comments were 'misconstrued' and said the situation had added to his 'sense of tragedy' following recent terror attacks.
[8] In April 2016, the International Business Times said that the mosque held annual Khatme Nabuwwat conferences.