Paigham-e-Islam Trust

Borough: Tyseley

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(a) that the link is valid,
(b) that it contains appropriate material, or
(c) that it genuinely represents the organisation it purports to do.

The five times daily salaah in congregation in the masjid is enjoined on men, not on women. Women's salaah is expected to be discreet and private and therefore performed at home. About 72% of UK masjids make some provision for women, but many of these do so by allocating space only when specially asked for. Larger purpose-built masjids often have a gallery over the main masjid room, part or all of which is for women's use. (Excerpt from our book, Islam and Muslims in Britain - A Guide.)

Maudoodi: This describes all the masaajid under managements that strongly identify with Jama'at Islami in Pakistan or its associated organisations in the UK.

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We highlight different factional interests among Muslims according to some fairly broad mainstream categories, "Bareilvi", "Deobandi" etc. This is euphemistically defined as the masjid's 'Theme', and you may find this contentious. It is a point of principle among most conscientious Muslims that the community is a single entity. While that is a noble sentiment, it is patently obvious that there are clear divisions between Muslims and between masaajid, based on religious and ethnic differences. While many Muslims are content to use any masjid, many others make careful choices about where to go. And for those who would like a change, the information will help you pick somewhere different.

Any masjid is certain to have users who follow different practices, and this is something to appreciate (unlike other religions which are unshakably denominational). However where a doctrine dominates, that will clearly influence what is practised at that location.

Further reading from our book, Islam and Muslims in Britain - A Guide:

• Principle Islamic Factions
• Muslim Groups in Britain
• The Mosque - Factions and Control

It would be Islamically immoral to label masaajid as 'belonging' to a given ethnicity, yet this is the reality of most masaajid. Many were set up as centres for a particular community and it is important for that community to have somewhere where events, speeches and madressah teaching are in the mother-tongue. However it would be useful to have an 'ethnicity index', in which a masjid scores 1 for each committee member of a different ethnicity. Meanwhile we have highlighted masjid monoculture by naming the management's dominant ethnicity.

Further reading from our book, Islam and Muslims in Britain - A Guide: Mosque Organisation

This automated link opens the Charity Commission's or Scottish Charity Commission's web site report for this masjid.
(a) Not all masjids are, or need to be, charities, including those with turnover under 5,000 pounds per annum.
(b) Some masjids have more than one associated charity, but only one is linked here.
(c) The circumstances of the charity do not necessarily reflect the circumstances of the masjid or disputes over title.
(c) The link and the reference number it uses, may not be the current applicable charity.

Nearly 40,000 premises are formally registered under the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855, including about 900 Muslim places of worship. There is negligible benefit in registering, it being 'permissive' since 1852. The process dates to a time when religious dissenters were excluded from many aspects of civil life. Furthermore, the Register is massively out of date, largely from neglecting to de-register congregations' places of worship that have moved or disbanded. The state-established churches of Britain, e.g. Church of England churches, are exempt from registration, so would add considerably to the 40,000 listed non-conformist churches, mosques, synagogues, ashrams, gurdwaras etc.

If you do find any omissions or inaccuracies in the information above, please use this form to tell us. Jazacullah-khairan.
Note that much of this information comes from publicly available sources including various directories (including ones whose data is supplied by the public on-line and not checked) and local authority published information about local minority-group facilities. The contributors have taken a lot of trouble to correct as much data as possible - you may have corrections for us, but you may find that our data is more accurate!