Manchester Central Mosque

{{Short description|Mosque in Manchester, England, United Kingdom}}

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| religious_affiliation = Barelvi Sunni Islam

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| location = Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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Manchester Central Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre (also known as “Victoria Park Mosque”) is a mosque in Manchester, England. Sometimes referred to as Jamia Mosque, it is situated in the middle of Victoria Park, Manchester close to the Curry Mile.{{Cite book |last=Leather |first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IXv8DwAAQBAJ&dq=Manchester+Central+Mosque&pg=PT118 |title=Fast Track: The 18th Spider Shepherd Thriller |date=2021-07-22 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |isbn=978-1-4736-7205-5 |language=en}} It plays a key role in Manchester's Muslim community.{{Cite web |last1=Abbit |first1=Beth |date=2017-06-19 |title=Anti-hate vigil held in Manchester in wake of London mosque attack |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-mosque-stage-anti-hate-13206755 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Writers |first=ImamsOnline |date=2017-05-17 |title=Imams Online Global Voice Of Imams |url=https://imamsonline.com/thousands-attend-funeral-for-beloved-manchester-imam/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Imams Online |language=en-US}} Imam and Khateeb Hafiz Mueen ud Din Akhtar and Qari Hafiz Javed Akhtar are leaders of the mosque, but left in 2018. Qari Javed also leads taraweeh prayers in Ramadan.{{Cite news |last=Burgess |first=Kaya |date=2023-12-25 |title=Imam Qari Javed Akhtar quits Manchester Central Mosque over shock marriage |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/imam-qari-javed-akhtar-quits-manchester-central-mosque-over-shock-marriage-g09jb8s7l |access-date=2023-12-25 |issn=0140-0460}}

The Victoria Park Mosque began as two adjacent houses, one owned by the Syrian Textile Merchants operating in Manchester since the early 1900s,[http://digirep.rhul.ac.uk/items/868a4006-2640-06b0-4ed4-cfce4279b814/1/Mohammed_Seddon.Muslim_and_Jewish_Communities_in_19C_Manchester.pdf Muslim and Jewish Communities in Nineteenth Century Manchester]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Mohammad Siddique Seddon and the other owned by the mainly Asian community living in the nearby areas of Rusholme and Longsight.{{Citation needed|date= October 2011}}

In 1971, the Jamiat-ul-Muslimeen, Manchester, commenced work on a purpose-built mosque in Victoria Park and the two houses were demolished and the "new look" Mosque took its current form. Several expansions and modifications have taken place over the years.{{Citation needed|date= October 2011}}

This mosque acts according to the teachings of the Barelwi sect of the Indian subcontinent. Subcontinent.Scantlebury, Elizabeth. 1995. “Muslims in Manchester: The Depiction of a Religious Community.” New Community 21(3): 427.{{Cite book |last1=Clarke |first1=Colin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jet6JOYjZ4wC&dq=Manchester+Central+Mosque+barelvi&pg=PA340 |title=South Asians Overseas: Migration and Ethnicity |last2=Peach |first2=Ceri |last3=Vertovec |first3=Steven |date=1990-10-26 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-37543-6 |language=en}}