In the 1880s, British lawyer Abdullah Quilliam sailed to Tangier for a vacation. In the city he was impressed by Islam and Muslims and decided to renounce Christianity for the religion. Back to Liverpool, the man helped build one of the first mosques in the UK.
Casablanca’s Al-Quds Mosque, formerly Église Sainte-Marguerite, is a rare Neo-Gothic structure originally built in the 1920s for Spanish and Italian settlers. Converted into a mosque in the 1980s, it retains its architectural heritage while serving as a place of worship and cultural interest.