In Britain’s Burgeoning Muslim Community, Where’s The Good Islamic Architecture?

While there are a few showplace mosques, many houses of worship for British Muslims are drab little storefronts or repurposed churches with a dome or minaret tacked on. Sometimes, immigrants from simple South Asian villages are recreating the modest spaces they knew at home; other times, grander plans for mosques encounter fierce local opposition. Might the neighbors be won over by genuinely beautiful architecture?