The London Action Resource Centre (LARC) is an anarchist infoshop and self-managed social centre situated in Whitechapel, in the East End of London. Previously a school and a synagogue, it was purchased in 1999. It hosts meetings and events from various groups and is part of the UK Social Centre Network.
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St Mary's was a London Underground station located on Whitechapel Road in Whitechapel, England. The station was opened as St Mary's on 3 March 1884 on a new route connecting the District Railway and Metropolitan Railway with Whitechapel and the East London Railway. Services were initially provided by the South Eastern Railway from 3 March to 30 September 1884. The Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway, the joint owners of the station, provided services from 1 October 1884. Steam trains were replaced by electric in 1905 and 1906. The name was changed to St Mary's in 1923. The station closed on 1 May 1938 and was replaced by the eastern exits of the relocated and rebuilt Aldgate East station. A connection to the East London Railway to the east of the station called the St Mary's Curve ceased to be used for passenger services in 1939. The bricked-up platforms were used as air-raid shelters during the Second World War and the above-ground station building was destroyed by bombing. The converted platforms and some underground structures are still in place.
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Fieldgate Street Great Synagogue,, is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 41 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel, in the Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London, England, in the United Kingdom. Established in 1899, the congregation worshiped in the Ashkenazi rite. The synagogue building was sold in 2015 and it has since operated as a mosque.
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Young Muslim Organisation is an Islamic youth-oriented initiative based in England.
It was established mainly by the British Bangladeshi youths in East London during the period of racial attacks in Tower Hamlets in 1978.
The group first met in London in October 1978 to bring together what its website describes as "a dynamic band of youth who would respond to the challenges faced by their community with deep faith, true commitment and a positive and comprehensive work plan". Its dawah work includes School Link Project, College Link Project and University Link Project which organise activities such as lectures, seminars, awards ceremonies, camps, and sports activities.
Authors such as Brian Belton and Sadick Hamid describe the group as catering for and run by young people of Bangladeshi origin. It is a competitor to another Islamic youth work group, The Young Muslims UK. The two groups have minimal differences but the Young Muslim Organisation has a more conservative interpretation of sharia and Islamic jurisprudence.
According to a former activist, Ed Husain, YMO was founded by supporters of Abul A'la Maududi and Hassan al-Banna, and its early members were encouraged to follow their works. Husain describes the organisation as being structured in a hierarchy with ordinary members at the bottom, followed by pillar members, and the National Executive Committee of the YMO at the top. Ordinary members become pillar after years of activities and proving one's loyalty when they take a vow and swearing allegiance to the leadership. At least when Husain was a member in the early 1990s, East London Mosque was a YMO stronghold from which the organisation was working to spread. Members were expected to an account of their daily activities reporting their achievements at the YMO weekly meeting.
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The Islamic Forum of Europe is an Islamist organisation based in the United Kingdom with branches in various countries across Europe. Its charitable arm is the Islamic Forum Trust. Founded by the members of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, it is headquartered in Tower Hamlets, London.
Its youth wing is known as Young Muslim Organisation, and its women's wing is Muslimaat UK. Its London and Sunderland branches are affiliated to the Muslim Council of Britain.
According to Andrew Gilligan, former adviser of the British Prime Minister and Jim Fitzpatrick, former MP, the Islamic Forum of Europe supported Mayor Lutfur Rahman of achieving part of East London's leadership and infiltrated the local government and the Labour Party.
IFE was described by The Daily Telegraph as a sophisticated political group with a structured rank system and hardline goals. It has been also alleged that, during the Aspire Party's control of Tower Hamlets, millions of pounds of public money were paid to organisations run by the Islamic Forum of Europe, and that the results included stocks of Islamist literature being made available in public libraries.
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The East London Mosque is situated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets between Whitechapel and Aldgate East. Combined with the adjoining London Muslim Centre and Maryam Centre, it is one of the largest mosques in Western Europe accommodating more than 7,000 worshippers for congregational prayers. The mosque was one of the first in the UK to be allowed to use loudspeakers to broadcast the adhan.