Dawatul Islam
Dawatul Islam UK & Eire (Call of Islam) is a Muslim organisation based in London. The group was founded in 1978[1] from the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan-originated UK Islamic Mission to cater to East Bengali Muslims in Britain after the founding of Bangladesh in 1971, and to counter secular nationalist Bangladeshi groups emerging in East London at that time.[2] (Chris Hewer describes the group as "the umbrella organization for Jamaat-i Islami activities among Bangladeshis".)[3] The group "took on the role" of managing the East London Mosque for a time, "especially after the opening of the mosque's new purpose-build" facility in 1985,[2] and started its own Young Muslim Organization (YMO).[4]
In 1990, the group Islamic Forum Europe broke off from Dawatul Islam, reportedly over Bangladeshi regional differences,[5] and "divisions among the Mosque's trustees" led to those affiliated with Dawatul Islam leaving East London Mosque.[2] Author Sarah Glynn describes its departure as more eventful -- the group was "ousted" from the mosque with the help of its erstwhile youth group YMO, as part of "a bitter and prolonged battle" involving violent clashes and calls to the police.[4] As of 2018 Dawatul Islam was based at another mosque, Darul Ummah, Bigland Street, Tower Hamlets.[6][7][8] Khadijah Elshayyal describes it (and other Jamaat-e-Islami groups in the UK) as "reformist" in religious/theological outlook, as opposed to the "radical" (e.g. Al-Muhajiroun) or "puritanical" (e.g. Tablighi Jamaat) orientation of other Islamic UK organizations.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ Da'watul Islam UK & Eire on LinkedIn
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Elshayyal, Khadijah (2018). Muslim Identity Politics: Islam, Activism, and Equality. I.B. Tauris. p. 69. Retrieved 25 May 2020. Search this book on
- ↑ Hewer, Chris (2014). Understanding Islam: The First Ten Steps. CSM Press. p. ?. Retrieved 25 May 2020. Search this book on
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Glynn, Sarah (2014). Class, ethnicity and religion in the Bengali East End: A political history. Manchester University Press. p. (no page given). ISBN 9781847799586. Retrieved 25 May 2020. Search this book on
- ↑ Husain, Ed, The Islamist, Penguin, 2007, p.24-5, 166
- ↑ Bangladeshi Diaspora in the UK SOAS Conference on Human Rights and Bangladesh Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Darul Ummah Mosque". Darul Ummah Mosque. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 Elshayyal, Khadijah (2018). Muslim Identity Politics: Islam, Activism, and Equality. I.B. Tauris. p. 236–note_96. Retrieved 25 May 2020. Search this book on
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