Beer is being replaced by fruit juice and prayers in the country’s first booze-free Islamic pub.
The Halal Inn has a juice bar, snooker tables and darts - along with a prayer room and a steam room.
Traditional Islamic “nasheed” songs are piped into the bar and boards for karam, a billiards-style game popular across Asia, are on hand.
Owner Azizur Rahman and business partner Muzahid Khan spotted a gap in the market and took over the building that used to be the Westwood Inn.
Mr Khan said: “It’s a gathering place for people who abide by strict Islamic rulings and don’t like going to places where they serve alcohol.
“As a non-alcoholic venue it will appeal to Muslims more, but it is essentially for people from all backgrounds.”
“It’s a gathering place for people who abide by strict Islamic rulings and don’t like going to places where they serve alcohol.
“What we’ve done is turn the bar into a soft drink and juice bar, with snooker tables, darts, karam boards and nasheeds (Islamic songs) in the background.
“As a non-alcoholic venue it will appeal to Muslims more, but it is essentially for people from all backgrounds.”
The building, formerly the Westwood Inn in Oldham, also includes a restaurant serving daily specials, a prayer room, study room, business lounge and steam room.
The drinking hole with a difference opened its doors in December and has been growing in popularity.
Mr Khan added: “Halal Inn is a name which most people find intriguing.
“There was a lot of conversations in the community about the whole concept and a lot of people were wanting to know more about it.
“We got a lot of word of mouth publicity and have even had visits from people from Birmingham and London wanting information on recreating the brand.
“It’s an alternative to your normal inn - a pub essentially means a place where people procure alcohol, but that’s what we’re trying to get away from.
“Throughout the world there has been a whole movement about the word halal and products that are branded as halal. Muslims are a major consumer group.
“Because of all this going on we thought that in Oldham we should have a brand of our own. It was easy to replace the word Westwood with Halal. It makes perfect sense.”
The venue, which opens from 4.30pm to 11.30pm, will also host a monthly Islamic quiz night and has created a snooker and karam league.