North Manchester Jamia Mosque

{{Short description|Mosque in Manchester, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox religious building |name = North Manchester Jamia Mosque<br />and<br />College of Islamic Studies |image = Mosque (geograph 6458792).jpg |religious_affiliation = [[Islam]] |location = [[3 Woodlands Road]], [[Cheetham Hill]], [[Manchester]], [[M8 9LF]], [[UK]]. Tel: 0161 740 3696 |tradition = [[Sunni]] |architecture_type = Mosque |website = {{Official website|https://www.manchestermasjid.co.uk/}} }}

'''North Manchester Jamia Mosque'''<ref name="mosques">{{cite web|url=http://mosques.muslimsinbritain.org/show-mosque.php?id=1871|title=Google Mosque Map - UK Mosques Directory|website=Mosques.muslimsinbritain.org|access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref> is a [[mosque]] (Arabic: مسجد جمعيه شمال مانشستر ) in the [[Cheetham Hill]] area of [[Manchester]], run under the headship of [[Qamaruzzaman Azmi]] by the Ibadur-Rahman Trust.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.manchestermasjid.co.uk/home/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=North Manchester Jamé Masjid |language=en-GB}}</ref> It is one of the largest [[Muslim]] centres in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muslimsinbritain.org/resources/masjid_report.pdf|title=UK Mosque Statistics / Masjid Statistics|date=16 September 2017|website=Muslimsinbritain.org|access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mosques-map.muslimsinbritain.org/show-browse.php?area=Cheetham+Hill|title=UK Mosque/Masjid Directory - via Google Maps, your mobile or your navigator (POI)|first=Mehmood|last=Naqshbandi|website=Mosques-map.muslimsinbritain.org|access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref>

The mosque is open to all, and its main prayer halls currently hold between 2,500 and 3,000 people during a Friday service, with over 15,000 worshippers walking through the Mosque's doors during the multiple services held on the religious festivals of [[Muslim holidays|Eid]].<ref name="mosques"/>

==History== The North Manchester Jamia Mosque was started in 1975 by [[Qamaruzzaman Azmi]], an Islamic thinker, orator, and writer.<ref name="articles-4">{{cite web|url=http://allamaazmi.com/articles-4.asp|title=乐享评级网|website=Allamaazmi.com|access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref>

In 1975, Azmi began giving Dars-e-Quran at Shah Jalal Mosque (1A Eileen Grove, Rusholme) near Wilmslow Road, Manchester by travelling from Bradford every week.{{cn|date=November 2022}} At that time, there were few Sunni Mosques in Manchester. Within a short period of time, the Victoria Park Mosque appointed a Sunni Imam.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

In 1979, the North Manchester Jamia Mosque started off under the leadership of Azmi at 25 Bellot Street, [[Cheetham Hill]], [[Manchester]] which was a house converted into a mosque.{{cn|date=November 2022}} As the facilities at this building were very limited and the growing population of Muslims needed facilities for Islamic activities on a larger scale, a plot of land was purchased in 1982 and the first phase of the mosque, consisting of the main prayer hall providing prayer facilities for 1,200 men and women, was completed in 1984.{{cn|date=November 2022}} The second phase consisting of a College of Islamic Studies and additional prayer facilities for 1,200 people was built in the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Achievements of the Islamic Golden Age |url=https://www.studentsofhistory.com/achievements-of-the-islamic-golden-age |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=www.studentsofhistory.com |language=en}}</ref>

The current third phase of the project is a major complex that will allow the mosque to hold prayer facilities for up to 10,000 people, a community hall, Imams' residence, a mortuary, office, library, and guest rooms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Al Fozan |url=https://mosqpedia.org/en/mosque/1458 |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=mosqpedia.org}}</ref>

==Impact== Since its establishment, North Manchester Jamia Mosque remains the primary Muslim organisation in the north of Manchester and a focal point for the Manchester [[Muslim community]], providing education for children and adults, lectures and seminars, mortuary, library along with daily prayer facilities.<ref>{{cite web |title=IBAD-UR-RAHMAN TRUST – Charity No. 512616 |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/512616 |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=Charity Commission for England and Wales}}</ref> Professor Waqar Ahmed, who is the Chair of [[Nanotechnology]] and Advanced Manufacturing and Head of Institute of [[Nanotechnology]] and [[Bioengineering]] as well as Leader of [[Nanomedicine]] and [[Nanoengineering]] Research Group at the [[University of Central Lancashire]], wrote in the book ''Tajalliyat-e-Qamar'':<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=4&edlabel=TOIM&mydateHid=05-04-2011&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Pc00413&format=&publabel=TOI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009113324/http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=4&edlabel=TOIM&mydateHid=05-04-2011&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Pc00413&format=&publabel=TOI|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 October 2011|title=Tajjaliyat-e-Qamar|website=Lite.epaper.timesofindia.com|access-date=22 September 2018}} {{subscription required|date=September 2018}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=August 2013}}

[[Prime Minister David Cameron]] along with Faiths Minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi met with Chief Imam of the North Manchester Jamia Mosque, Allama Qamaruzzaman Azmi. It was his first visit to a UK mosque since he took power. Baroness Warsi said: “Jamia Mosque is a fantastic example of a model Mosque that reaches out to its community, providing vital services to the local Muslim population."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/pm-meets-manchesters-muslim-community-5685204|title=PM meets with Manchester's Muslim community|first=Shelina|last=Begum|date=8 August 2013|website=Manchestereveningnews.co.uk|access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref>

==Students of the College== There are well over 200 students enrolled at different levels. Scholars of the college include [[Waqar Azmi]], UK Government's former Chief Diversity Adviser, [[Cabinet Office]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2013}}

==See also== *[[Qamaruzzaman Azmi]] *[[Al-Jame-atul-Islamia]] *[[World Islamic Mission]] *[[Azmi (disambiguation)]] *[[Azamgarh]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|North Manchester Jamia Mosque}} * {{Official website|https://www.manchestermasjid.co.uk/}}

[[Category:1979 establishments in England]] [[Category:Mosques in Manchester]] [[Category:Mosques completed in 1984]] [[Category:World Islamic Mission]] [[Category:Barelvi mosques]]