Curious members of the community met religious leaders at a mosque's open day.

Muslims from the Shia Ithna'ashari Community of Middlesex opened the doors of their place of worship to the public as part of the Muslim Council of Britain's national Visit My Mosque day on Sunday.

There weref short speeches about what the Muslim community in North Harrow does, and everyone had the opportunity to ask questions and get to know one another over a cup of tea.

The event aimed to encourage deeper religious understanding and provide the opportunity for more people in the community to get to know one another.

Harrow West MP Gareth Thomas, who attended the event, said: “It is great to see this fantastic work done by the Muslim community here in my constituency - and I’m looking forward to the vision of the Salaam Centre becoming a reality.”

The Reverend John Swarbrick, minister of North Harrow Methodist church, added: “It was a good opportunity for people from different faith groups to get together, and for North Harrow residents to learn more about the hopes and aspirations of the Muslim community for their new building and current progress on its construction.”

The open day was held as part of a series of outreach work done by the organisation in the past few months, including a range of interfaith and social action programmes with the community.