UWA Mosque/ UWA Musalla
History
The Muslim Student Association was founded in 1989, with a meeting in the Mathematics Senior lab at the Maghrib Dusk prayer one August day. In the period 1989-1992, the association held most of it's activities in the make-shift rooms of various departments throughout the campus. In 1992, the University provided us with a prayer room but the location was too far from the main campus. However, the members at the time still managed to pray all but the afternoon Asr and Maghrib dusk prayers there. During 1993-97, Muslim student were left without a proper place for prayers after the room had become reassigned to the Education and Fine Arts department. With Allah's help, the effort by Muslim students and liason with the university Administration was rewarded with suitable prayer room in Winthrop Hall since 1997.
Recent liasons and support from the University Administration has brought new prayer room Signages, use of the bigger Hackett Cafe for Ramadan Iftar and tarweeh as well as the introduction of Halal Food on campus.
Urban and Architectural
The Musalla is located in Winthrop Hall at the University of Western Australia. It has two sections: male section on the ground floor, and female section on the upper floor.
Description
The Musalla is located in Winthrop Hall at the hear of the University of Western Australia. It welcomes not only students but community members. It is particularly busy on Fridays for Jumuaa prayers. These specific prayers take typically place at the Undercroft or the GYM given the number of worshippers. The prayer hall reflects a successful adaptive reuse method, where white wooden panels are used to define the edges of each prayer section. There are also Islamic art pieces designed by architect and researcher Dr Majdi Faleh, who pursued his PhD at UWA.
Details
Location
Saw Promenade, Crawley WA, Australia
Worshippers
40
Owners
University of WA Muslim Students Association (ASM)
Architect Name
Year of Build
1997
Area
60
Drawings
Map
History
The Muslim Student Association was founded in 1989, with a meeting in the Mathematics Senior lab at the Maghrib Dusk prayer one August day. In the period 1989-1992, the association held most of it's activities in the make-shift rooms of various departments throughout the campus. In 1992, the University provided us with a prayer room but the location was too far from the main campus. However, the members at the time still managed to pray all but the afternoon Asr and Maghrib dusk prayers there. During 1993-97, Muslim student were left without a proper place for prayers after the room had become reassigned to the Education and Fine Arts department. With Allah's help, the effort by Muslim students and liason with the university Administration was rewarded with suitable prayer room in Winthrop Hall since 1997.
Recent liasons and support from the University Administration has brought new prayer room Signages, use of the bigger Hackett Cafe for Ramadan Iftar and tarweeh as well as the introduction of Halal Food on campus.
Urban and Architectural
The Musalla is located in Winthrop Hall at the University of Western Australia. It has two sections: male section on the ground floor, and female section on the upper floor.
Description
The Musalla is located in Winthrop Hall at the hear of the University of Western Australia. It welcomes not only students but community members. It is particularly busy on Fridays for Jumuaa prayers. These specific prayers take typically place at the Undercroft or the GYM given the number of worshippers. The prayer hall reflects a successful adaptive reuse method, where white wooden panels are used to define the edges of each prayer section. There are also Islamic art pieces designed by architect and researcher Dr Majdi Faleh, who pursued his PhD at UWA.