Andalus

Andalus Serving the Community for a Better Future. Andalus is a vibrant beacon institute & community hub in Scotland. Get in touch, we'd love to hear from you!

Andalus is a vibrant beacon institute & community hub in Scotland serving the community for a better future. We'd love to hear from you, so please email us, give us a call, or better yet, drop in for a chat and see what we have to offer. We look forward to seeing you. Email: [email protected]
Website: www.andalus.co.uk
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Our vision is to create t

he first Beacon Institute and Community Hub in Scotland. This will serve the culture and faith related educational and spiritual needs of children and adults, along with social and recreational activities. We are working towards breaking barriers and community integration by promoting understanding and sharing the rich and diverse Muslim cultural tradition while embracing our Scottish roots. Andalus is the Arabic name given to the Iberian Peninsula, which is now known as Spain and Portugal. During the Muslim era, Andalus became well known for being a centre of learning where people of different faiths and countries came to learn. It was also a period of religious tolerance and harmony where Muslims, Jews and Christians co-existed peacefully and advanced the spiritual and intellectual growth of their communities. Our motto is the same motto that was placed above the entrance to the major universities of Andalusia during the Muslim era:

“The World is held by Four Pillars:
The Wisdom of the Learned,
The Justice of the Great,
The Prayers of the Righteous,
And the Valour of the Brave.”

Andalus upholds this motto and seeks to continue the work that is guided by this historical period. Education, inclusion, faith and confidence are all promoted through multiple projects. Andalus' flexible nature successfully brings people and families together to promote within themselves and to the wider community the principles of tolerance and acceptance. Andalus was founded in Glasgow, January 2000. Scottish Charity No. 029717 Company No. 202853.

On Sunday 24 May 2026 at around 6 am we had a person committ a possible hate crime/definitely vandalism on a glass door ...
25/05/2026

On Sunday 24 May 2026 at around 6 am we had a person committ a possible hate crime/definitely vandalism on a glass door at our centre.

Shaheen Baber

Eid Prayer at Andalus
22/05/2026

Eid Prayer at Andalus

Looking Through the Quran.Friday 5th June 2026Time: 7:15pm-8:15pmFree entry Location: Andalus, 211 New City Road, Glasgo...
22/05/2026

Looking Through the Quran.

Friday 5th June 2026

Time: 7:15pm-8:15pm

Free entry

Location: Andalus, 211 New City Road, Glasgow

All are welcome,
If you are a new Muslim or just interested in Islam or a Muslim looking for something different then why not join us and be part of our journey dwelling deep into the meanings and message of the Qur’an.

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17/05/2026

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We will be running introductory sessions, 4 x 2hr sessions, in Arabic Calligraphy by one of the students of the late master Calligrapher Abbas Al-Baghdadi.if you are interested in seriously wanting to take up Arabic Calligraphy and learn from someone who has studied for over 10 years with a master c...

What's on at Andalus?Jummah Prayer.Every Friday at 1:30pmAndalus Community Garden Sunday 24th May at 10:30am-12:30pmEid ...
17/05/2026

What's on at Andalus?

Jummah Prayer.
Every Friday at 1:30pm

Andalus Community Garden
Sunday 24th May at 10:30am-12:30pm

Eid Prayer - Wednesday 27th May at 10:15am

Origami
Sunday 31st May at 11:00am-1:00pm

Looking through the Quran
Friday 5th June at 7:15pm - 8:15pm

All are Welcome.

Andalus's Community Garden is Back!Get ready for some spring planting & planningSunday 24th May 2026 10:30-12:30 Everyon...
15/05/2026

Andalus's Community Garden is Back!

Get ready for some spring planting & planning

Sunday 24th May 2026 10:30-12:30

Everyone is warmly welcome

We are going to be running regular classes in Arabic Calligraphy delivered by the student of the late master calligraphe...
12/05/2026

We are going to be running regular classes in Arabic Calligraphy delivered by the student of the late master calligrapher Abbas Al-Baghdadi. If you are interested in learning please get in touch.

عبقري الخط العربي عباس البغداديعباس شاكر جودي البغدادي (1951 - 2 أيار 2023) هو خطّاط عراقي ومؤلف ومعلم للخط العربي والزخرفة الإسلامية، من أعماله تصميمُ بطاقة...

Last week we made butterflies.We experimented with colours and shapes, creating many different varieties of butterflies....
07/05/2026

Last week we made butterflies.
We experimented with colours and shapes, creating many different varieties of butterflies.

We have more origami to come:

Sunday 17th May 2026 - 11-1pm

Cost £5

To God We Belong and to Him We ReturnWe heard the sad news of the passing of Bana Gora, the Muslim Women’s Council‘s fou...
03/05/2026

To God We Belong and to Him We Return

We heard the sad news of the passing of Bana Gora, the Muslim Women’s Council‘s founder, Bradford. May God forgive her, have mercy on her and lighten her burden. May she rest in a peaceful, joyful, lofty place in the gardens of Paradise.

A few years back, Bana and some of her team visited us in Glasgow and were impressed with our centre. We shared ideas, strategies and looked at ways we could cooperate. Shortly after her visit we reciprocated that visit with a visit to see their new centre which they were developing in Bradford. She will be a big loss to the MWC, her energy, her vision, her ability to make things happen. She was always thinking big and moving forward all the time.

We pray for her and her family and we also pray for the MWC to continue to take up the reins of the work she started and build the visionary idea she instilled.

Tributes are paid to Bana Gora, who helped set up the Muslim Women's Council in 2009.

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213 New City Road
Glasgow
G49PA

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