Jami Mosque (Toronto)
Mosque in Toronto, Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Jami Mosque (Arabic: مسجد جامع) is a mosque, located just east of High Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the oldest Canadian Islamic centre in the city.[2]
| Jami Mosque | |
|---|---|
Arabic: مسجد جامع | |
 The entrance of Jami Mosque | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | |
| Leadership | Amjed Syed |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 56 Boustead Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M6R 1Y9 |
| Country | Canada |
 Location in Toronto | |
| Geographic coordinates | 43°39′12″N 79°27′16″W |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Presbyterian church |
| Funded by | King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1969) |
| Date established | 1961 (as a congregation) |
| Completed |
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| Website | |
| isnacanada | |
| [1] | |
Built in 1930 as a Presbyterian church,[3] the building was purchased in 1969 by Toronto's Muslim community,[3] and converted into the city's first Islamic worship centre.[2]
History
Jami's congregation was founded in 1961 and first met in a leather shop near Dundas West and Keele. The structure that now houses the mosque was originally built in 1930 by John Francis Brown & Son as the High Park Presbyterian Church. In 1969, the Muslim Society of Toronto secured funds from King Faisal of Saudi Arabia to secure purchase the church building as a home for the pre-existing congregation and as Toronto's first permanent mosque.[3]
While Jami originally held a large number of Tablighi Jamaat followers, the numbers declined after a large influx of Gujarati Muslims immigration led to the leasing of a hall in eastern Toronto; and the eventual 1981 purchase of a building converted to Madina Mosque, which became the spiritual hub of Tablighi Jamaat. Jami then drifted towards finding leadership in the Muslim Students Association.[4]
Notable congregants
- Ahmed Khadr, married in the mosque[5][page needed]
- Ahmad Kutty, an Islamic scholar, former imam at Jami
- Mohammad Zeki Mahjoub, arrested on a security certificate for his alleged membership in the Vanguards of Conquest[6]
- Mohammed Abdullah Warsame, convicted in the United States for providing material support for terrorism[7]
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