Dar Ul Uloom Tajdar-e-Madina Islamic and Cultural Educational Centre

Borough: Hall Green
Ward: Sperkbrook
Constituency: Birmingham, Hall Green

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

Most masjids are former terraced houses or commercial premises. A small number are former derelict churches. Since the issues of architectural styles and renovation of churches as masjids has become controversial, this website maintains statistics on the provenance of masjid sites.

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 Furthermore, the Register is massively out of date, largely from neglecting to de-register congregations' places of worship that have moved or disbanded.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!