The Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland, which started its activities as Clonee Mosque, based in the village of

Clonee Clonee () is a village and a townland in County Meath, Ireland. It borders Fingal to the east at the townlands of Huntstown and Littlepace, and is sometimes used in addresses for housing in those townlands. The River Tolka passes the village. G ...

, is the mainstream and leading Islamic Centre in

Dublin 15 Dublin 15, also rendered as D15, is a postal district in the suburbs of Dublin in Fingal, Ireland. It is west of the GPO in Dublin city. Geography and political subdivisions Dublin 15 covers a large area, rising from the River Liffey to at t ...

, Ireland. It was established in January 2004 as Clonee Mosque, to act as a place of worship for the

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

community in Clonee and surrounding areas of Dublin 15. In 2007, due to the high number of attendees attending

Friday prayer In Islam, Friday prayer or Congregational prayer ( ar, صَلَاة ٱلْجُمُعَة, ') is a prayer ('' ṣalāt'') that Muslims hold every Friday, after noon instead of the Zuhr prayer. Muslims ordinarily pray five times each day according ...

s, Clonee Mosque relocated to an industrial unit in

Damastown Damastown ( ga, Baile Dama) is a townland in the civil parish of Mulhuddart in Fingal, Ireland, on the outskirts of Dublin. The townland is located west of the village of Mulhuddart and is north of the N3 road. A link road is nearing complet ...

. The Islamic Center represents more traditional

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

-oriented

Barelvi The Barelvi movement ( ur, بَریلوِی, , ), also known as Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaah (People of the Prophet's Way and the Community) is a Sunni revivalist movement following the Hanafi and Shafi'i school of jurisprudence, with strong Suf ...

movement.

Rename and inauguration in 2008

In January 2008, Clonee Mosque was renamed to "Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland", and was inaugurated by the then Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan. Al-Mustafa ICC was represented in the

Irish Council of Imams The Irish Council of Imams is an umbrella organization for most Islamic establishments in Ireland. Its formation was announced in a press release on 15 September 2006. It represents 35 imams in Ireland, of both the Sunni and Shia denominations, ...

by its founder and Imam, Shaykh

Umar Al-Qadri Umar Al-Qadri is a Sunni Islamic scholar and sheikh based in Ireland who was born to a Pakistani Muslim scholarly family. His father is Sunni Muslim scholar Mehr Ali Qadri, who arrived in the late 1970s in The Hague, Netherlands, to serve as an ...

. Al-Mustafa ICC has approximately 500 members.

Aims and objectives

The aims and objectives of Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre are: # To provide the Muslim Community in Ireland a religious and spiritual platform to improve their religion and spirituality # Promote peace, harmony, integration and tolerance # Promote friendly relations between Muslims and non Muslims # Provide high quality authentic traditional education to children and youth # Provide various other services to the Muslim community: Information centre about Islam, Friday prayer, Daily 5 prayers,

Fatwa A fatwā ( ; ar, فتوى; plural ''fatāwā'' ) is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (''sharia'') given by a qualified '' Faqih'' (Islamic jurist) in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. A jurist i ...

(Islamic Verdicts), Nikah Hajj and

Umrah The ʿUmrah ( ar, عُمْرَة, lit=to visit a populated place) is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca (the holiest city for Muslims, located in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia) that can be undertaken at any time of the year, in contrast to the ...

services, Islamic Shariah Courses, Interfaith dialogue and

Halal ''Halal'' (; ar, حلال, ) is an Arabic word that translates to "permissible" in English. In the Quran, the word ''halal'' is contrasted with ''haram'' (forbidden). This binary opposition was elaborated into a more complex classification kno ...

certification of meat and non-meat products.

Activities

There are various educational, cultural and spiritual activities organized by Al-Mustafa ICC. There are 120 students studying in Al-Mustafa weekend Quran School. In the weekend Quran school students are taught the following subjects:

Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...

recitation, Memorization of the Quran,

Fiqh ''Fiqh'' (; ar, فقه ) is Islamic jurisprudence. Muhammad-> Companions-> Followers-> Fiqh. The commands and prohibitions chosen by God were revealed through the agency of the Prophet in both the Quran and the Sunnah (words, deeds, and ...

Seerah Al-Sīra al-Nabawiyya (), commonly shortened to Sīrah and translated as prophetic biography, are the traditional Muslim biographies of Muhammad from which, in addition to the Quran and Hadiths, most historical information about his life and th ...

, uloom Al-Quran, uloom Al-Hadith and Islamic history. There are 6 teachers teaching in Al-Mustafa weekend Quran school. Sisters Halaqah takes place every Sunday. Jumah Salah (Friday prayer) starts at 1:30 pm with the lecture. The lecture is completely in English and followed by a short Arabic

Khutbah ''Khutbah'' ( ar, خطبة ''khuṭbah'', tr, hutbe) serves as the primary formal occasion for public preaching in the Islamic tradition. Such sermons occur regularly, as prescribed by the teachings of all legal schools. The Islamic traditi ...

and the prayer is held at 2:10pm. Every Thursday night a halaqah takes place of

Zikr ''Dhikr'' ( ar, ذِكْر}, , also spelled ''Zikr'', ''Thikr'', ''Zekr'', or ''Zikar'', literally meaning "remembrance, reminder" or "mention") is a form of Islamic meditation in which phrases or prayers are repeatedly chanted in order to remem ...

. Al-Mustafa ICC organizes many spiritual events throughout the year (

Eid ul-Fitr , nickname = Festival of Breaking the Fast, Lesser Eid, Sweet Eid, Sugar Feast , observedby = Muslims , type = Islamic , longtype = Islamic , significance = Commemoration to mark the end of fasting in Ramadan , dat ...

, Eid ul Adha,

Lailat-ul-Qadr The Qadr Night or Laylat al-Qadr ( ar, لیلة القدر), variously rendered in English as the Night of Decree, Night of Power, Night of Value, Night of Destiny, or Night of Measures, is, in Islamic belief, the night when the Quran was fir ...

, Laylat-um-Mubarakah, Shab Meraaj and Mawlid-un-Nabi The first

Mawlid Mawlid, Mawlid an-Nabi ash-Sharif or Eid Milad un Nabi ( ar, المولد النبوي, translit=mawlid an-nabawī, lit=Birth of the Prophet, sometimes simply called in colloquial Arabic , , among other vernacular pronunciations; sometimes , ) ...

-un-Nabi Procession in Ireland was organized by Al-Mustafa ICC. Leaders of other faith were invited and spoke on the 'Prophet of Peace Conference' which followed after the Mawlid-un-Nabi procession the Islamic Cultural Center.

Stand against Extremism

AMICC has taken a stand against extremism and terrorism. The Members of Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Center Ireland have extended their deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and the people of France on the savage and dreadful terrorist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris yesterday. The Al-Mustafa Islamic Centre Ireland has published a set of guidelines on how to approach cartoons which depict the image of the prophet Muhammad.

References

{{Reflist Mosques in the Republic of Ireland Sunni organizations Barelvi 2004 establishments in Ireland Barelvi organizations