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It is the oldest Canadian Islamic centre in the city and dubbed "the mother of all the mosques in Toronto". [2] [3] Built in 1930 as a Presbyterian church, [2] the building was purchased in 1969 by Toronto's small, predominantly Bosniak and Albanians [2] Muslim community, and converted into the city's first Islamic worship centre. [3]
The TARIC building houses a library, a gymnasium and the main prayer hall. With a full-time imam, weekend classes on Arabic and the basics of the Islamic religion are taught, as well as dawah programs and dialogue with local community and neighbourhood organizations.
The Ismaili Centre, Toronto was designed by Indian architectural firm Charles Correa Associates in collaboration with Toronto-based Moriyama & Teshima Architects. A distinguishing feature of the building is the glass roof of the prayer hall, which recalls the corbelling in many of the traditional domes in the Muslim world. [8]
Al-Bar Mosque plays an essential role in Windsor, Ontario, as a place of worship for the Sunni Muslim community. Baitul Ehsaan Mosque Windsor: Ontario: A A primary school building which includes a Gym, several class rooms and small school field in the back lot was bought by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The Masjid serves as the local ...
The Jaffari Community Centre (JCC) is a Shia Islam husayniyya and community centre, located in the Thornhill district, in the Greater Toronto area of Ontario, Canada. In addition to the prayer hall, the centre contains a library, cafe, gym, several banquet halls, and school, and primarily serves as a mosque. [2]
In 2020, the Salaheddin Islamic Centre opened new facilities for the Safa and Marwa Islamic School in Mississauga, financed with the support of the Islamic Development Bank. The US$ 6.6 million project enabled the purchase of a former office building and warehouse and convert into high school classrooms and associated facilities for 850 students.
The Islamic Foundation of Toronto was established in 1969, when an old 280-square-metre (3,000 sq ft) building was purchased at Rhodes Avenue and converted into a mosque. The 9,300-square-metre (2.3-acre) site, where the Islamic Foundation currently stands, was purchased in 1984.
Toronto and Region Islamic Congregation This page was last edited on 6 April 2022, at 06:17 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...