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Brixton Mosque
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “salafi mosque located in gresham road in the brixton area of south london”. Today it says “salafi sunni mosque”.
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Brixton Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre (the " Brixton Mosque ", or " Masjid ibn Taymeeyah ") is a Salafi mosque located in Gresham Road in the Brixton area of South London , England.1 The mosque has facilities for both men and women and space for 500 worshippers during prayer and is currently expanding to accommodate over 1000 worshippers. It also has the largest number of converts for a mosque in the United Kingdom.2
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Then
salafi mosque located in gresham road in the brixton area of south london
Now
salafi sunni mosque
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