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The Ismaili Centre, Toronto is a Shia Ismaili Jama'at Khana and community centre, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Completed in 2010, it is the sixth Ismaili Centre in the world. Situated in a park that it shares with the Aga Khan Museum adjacent to the Don Valley Parkway in North York , the Centre represents the permanent presence of the ...
A side view of the Masjid. The Islamic Community Centre is accessible by public transportation and is open for the five daily prayers. The Friday congregation prayer is attended by almost 2,000 worshippers. The full-time school has a qualified staff with over 300 students from Junior Kindergarten to grade eight. [2]
It is the oldest Canadian Islamic centre in the city and dubbed "the mother of all the mosques in Toronto". [2] [3] Built in 1930 as a Presbyterian church, [2] the building was purchased in 1969 by Toronto's small, predominantly Bosniak and Albanians [2] Muslim community, and converted into the city's first Islamic worship centre. [3]
[9] [10] Brothers Saeed and Masoud Rasoul, whose father was a prayer leader at the mosque, later went missing in Iraq, believed to have fought for Ansar al-Islam, possibly at the urging of Farhat. [7] Following the 2006 Ontario terrorism plot, it emerged that Fahim Ahmad and a number of other suspects were members of the mosque. [11]
With a full-time imam, weekend classes on Arabic and the basics of the Islamic religion are taught, as well as dawah programs and dialogue with local community and neighbourhood organizations. TARIC's goal is to bring the simple, honest message of Islam to Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
The Islamic Institute of Toronto curriculum includes courses on Islamic faith and jurisprudence, Fiqh, Qur'anic Studies, Islamic History, and Arabic. Fees vary between courses and are typically around $70. There is no formal sponsorship of students. Certificates are offered in Classical Arabic, Access to Qur'anic Arabic, and Modern Standard Arabic
Masjid Hamza is a mosque and Islamic community center located at 200 Stuart Avenue, Valley Stream, New York. It has a K–6 school system called "Hamza Academy", and has a mosque. The masjid is located fifteen minutes away from John F. Kennedy International Airport and serves about 1,400 families.
Sundial indicating prayer times, situated in the courtyard of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia. Author: Keith Roper. Salat times are prayer times when Muslims perform salat. The term is primarily used for the five daily prayers including the Friday prayer, which takes the place of the Dhuhr prayer and must be performed in a group of aibadat.