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TIL the London Jamme Masjid, a mosque in London's East End, was formerly a synagogue that was itself formerly a church in the past- consecrated as the Spitalfields Great Synagogue in 1891 and a Methodist chapel in 1819, showcasing the succession of urban migrants in the area.

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