Al-Mustafa Centre

Al-Mustafa Centre, officially Al-Mustafa Cultural and Educational Centre (AMCEC), is a community organisation based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

Establishment

The organisation was established by a Pakistani Islamic Scholar, Anwar Ul Mustafa Hamdami. He is the son of the late Shaykh Ul Hadith Ghulam Nabi Hamdami. He is also the elder brother of Mukhtar Ul Mustafa the composer and director of Islamic documentaries and presenter of The Saturday Night Live show on Noor TV. Anwar Ul Mustafa came to UK to take a post as the Imam and khateeb of the Jamia Masjid Hanifa in Bradford in 1998. He established his own organisation in 2002.

Activities

Al-Mustafa Centre is located in the Girlington Community of Bradford. It carries out a variety of projects and activities including social, religious, moral and spiritual activities for the local community. It also has a supplementary school with over 200 students attending daily to learn Arabic and Islamic studies.

The centre is primarily run by young people from the local community.

The weekly Jumu'ah lecture is delivered in English. Shaykh Saad al Attas, an English-speaking scholar of the Ahlus Sunnah creed, had joined the centre in 2009 and took on a permanent role as an Imam and teacher.

The centre is also recognised as a provider of classes for adults to learn Islamic subjects such as Tajweed, Hadith, Fiqh, and Aqeedah, and currently has 8 classes running per week for adults. Other activities that the organisation is known for include sports and homework clubs, Community Cohesion Conferences and guest lectures by international scholars and annual Mawlid events with nasheed artists from all over the world participating.

Alim course

The centre is known in the UK, and particularly in the Bradford Sunni Muslim community, as one of the most successful Dar ul Ulooms. The centre has a number of Dars E Nizami (Alim course) classes running from Monday to Friday under the supervision of its Head Imam Mufti Muhammad Fazal Bandyalwi. Mufti Muhammad Fazal took on the role of head imam and head of the Alim course in 2005 and has since taught the traditional sciences to students studying to become Imams in the UK. In 2009, the first six students graduated from the Centre as imams.

Shadhili Tariqa

The centre is home to many murids (students) of Shaykh Muhammad al-Ya’qoubi. The students have weekly gatherings of Dhikr at the centre as well as other classes and events.

External links

• "AlMustafa Cultural & Educational Centre". www.almustafa.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
• Minhaj University Lahore - Alumni
• Video on YouTube