‘Trailblazing’ female Muslim convert praised

A ceremony has been held to commemorate the life of a Victorian believed to be the first woman to convert to Islam on British soil.

Born Francess Elizabeth Murray, she became a Muslim in 1887 and adopted the name Fatima, after one of Prophet Muhammad’s daughters.

She also helped to set up the UK’S earliest-known mosque and was appointed treasurer of the Liverpool Muslim Institute.

British Muslims have described her as a “trailblazer” and a crowdfunder recently installed a headstone at her grave in Anfield Cemetery.