Islam Channel uncovers the life and legacy of Abdullah Quilliam.

In 1887, Abdullah became the first Christian to convert to Islam in Victorian England.

Born William Henry Quilliam, he was a qualified solicitor, who went on to found the first mosque in Britain, which opened on Christmas Day 1889 in Liverpool.

Abdullah was also named leader of Britain's Muslims by the last Ottoman caliph, Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1894.

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