{"id":23962,"date":"2017-10-27T15:17:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T15:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=23962"},"modified":"2017-10-27T15:17:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T15:17:56","slug":"sawtul-islam-an-islamic-bookshop-in-the-heart-of-riverside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/sawtul-islam-an-islamic-bookshop-in-the-heart-of-riverside","title":{"rendered":"Sawtul Islam: A bookshop hidden in the heart of Riverside"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sawtul Islam is a small bookshop catering for the Muslim community of Cardiff.<\/h2>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_24060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24060\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24060\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/10\/Front-2-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24060\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/10\/Front-2-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>The sign that indicates that you finally found the bookshop.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe bookshop&#8217;s name means the &#8220;the voice of Islam&#8221;, as its owner Mohammed was very kind to translate to us.<br \/>\nIts collection contains historical books, Arabic language textbooks, copies of the Quran and prayer books.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24086\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24086\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/10\/Fudges-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24086\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/10\/Fudges-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> And milk fudges!<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nMohammed arrived to Cardiff from Bangladesh 25 years ago and now considers the city his home. Due to its past trading connections, the capital of Wales is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the UK and its Muslim community numbers over 11,000 members and 20 mosques.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24028\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24028\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/10\/My-prayer-book-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24028\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/10\/My-prayer-book-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Sawtul Islam amasses a variety of prayer books.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24194\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24194\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/10\/Kids-Book-1-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24194\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/10\/Kids-Book-1-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> The voice of Islam caters both to the young and old of the community alike.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24099\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24099\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/10\/Opening-Times-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24099\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/10\/Opening-Times-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> And it is open everyday.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<em>Address: 27 Tudor Lane, Cardiff CF11 6AZ<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Contact: 02920 666644<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sawtul Islam is a small bookshop discreetly located in a back-alley in the Riverside area of Cardiff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":24011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-23962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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