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It is located in Block 8 Gulshan e Iqbal, Karachi. It is near Urdu University and Expo Center Karachi . Baitul Mukarram Masjid [ 13 ] has an Islamic educational institute within the mosque, where students can get Islamic education.
The New Memon Masjid (Urdu: نئی میمن مسجد) known as the Memon Masjid is a mosque located in Karachi, Pakistan. [1] [2] It is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the city. [3] [4] The first committee of the Memon Masjid was formed on 17 September 1948, The First Adhan, also known as Azan or Azaan was given on 15 July 1949.
Masjid-e-Tooba or Tooba Mosque (Urdu: مسجد طوبٰی) also known as Gol Masjid, [1] [2] is located in the city of Karachi, Sindh the province of Pakistan. It is situated in the phase 2 of DHA (Defence Housing Authority), Karachi. [3] [2] The construction of the mosque began in 1966 and completed in 1969.
Grand Jamia Mosque (Urdu: گرینڈ جامع مسجد, romanized: graiṇḍ jāmi' masjid), is a cultural complex under construction in Bahria Town Karachi, Pakistan. When completed, the complex will include what would be Pakistan's largest and the world's third-largest mosque according to capacity. [ 2 ]
According to the Ja'fari and Zaydi schools of thought the time period within which the Asr prayer must be recited is the following: Time begins: once the Dhuhr prayer (mid-day daily prayer) has been recited. [8] Time ends: at the beginning of the setting of the Sun. However, it is very important to recite the prayer as soon as the time begins.
In 2006, a bomb attack on a Jamaat Ahle Sunnat organised event to celebrate the mawlid (birthday of Muhammad) in Karachi killed at least 63 people and injured over 80. [7] [8] Among the dead were several Barelvi religious figures, including the senior leadership of Jamaat Ahle Sunnat and Sunni Tehreek. [9]
At the time of independence, the population of the city of Karachi was 51.1% Hindu, 42.3% Muslim, with the remaining 7% primarily Christians (both British and native), Sikhs, Jains, with a small number of Jews. [8] The Independence of Pakistan in 1947 saw an influx of Muslim refugees from India fleeing to settle. While the original Hindu ...
The tradition of visiting dargahs is still practiced today. Sufis whose shrines receive much national attention are Data Ganj Baksh ( Ali Hajweri ) in Lahore (ca. 11th century), [ 98 ] Sultan Bahoo in Shorkot Jhang , Baha-ud-din Zakariya in Multan , [ 99 ] and Shahbaz Qalander in Sehwan (ca. 12th century) [ 98 ] and Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai in ...