British Muslim Heritage
Articles on some early british muslims
http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/bmh/bmh.htm
Check out the brother from Ayrshire, he was a writer/poet:
"Yahya-En-Nasr (John) Parkinson (1874-1918) was born of Irish descent in Kilwinning, Ayrshire. "
The eid sermon of shaykh pickthall is excellent alhamdulillah, its from 1919! Also linked from that page:
http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/bmh/BMM-AHM-pickthall_eid_sermon.htm
It was beautiful to read about Sister Fatema Elizabeth Cates
http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/bmh/BMH-fatimacates.htm
I found some images of early british muslims here :
http://www.radwan.cwc.net/britishmuslims.html
The Scottish brother (yahya) has a photo here: http://www.radwan.cwc.net/mrbritmuslims.html (at the bottom)
May Allah forgive the sins of these brothers and sisters who practiced islam in less favourable times than ours, give them peace and fragrant breezes in their graves and allow them high ranks in paradise.
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