Jami Mosque (Toronto)

Jami Mosque
Jami Mosque
Arabic: مسجد جامع
	The entrance of Jami Mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Church (1930–1960s); Mosque (since 1969);
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 / 43.6532°N 79.45448°W
Architecture
Type	Presbyterian church
Funded by	King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1969)
Date established	1961 (as a congregation)
Completed	1930 (as a church); 1969 (as a mosque);
Website
	isnacanada.com/locations/jami-mosque-toronto

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]

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]

References

^ Kernaghan, Tom G. "Jami Mosque served changing community". OAK. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "About us". Jami Mosque. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017.^{[self-published source?]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Jami Mosque". acotoronto.ca. Architectural Conservatory of Ontario. Archived from the original on December 14, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
^ Masud, Muhammad Khalid. Travellers in faith: studies of the Tablīghī Jamāʻat. p. 227.
^ Shephard, Michelle (2008). Guantanamo's Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-84117-4.
^ Mahjoub, (Re), 2013 FC 1092, Federal Court (Canada)
^ Colin Freeze (October 1, 2018). "Somali Canadian faces U.S. conspiracy charge". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

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[kern-1] Kernaghan, Tom G. "Jami Mosque served changing community". OAK. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011.

[about-2] "About us". Jami Mosque. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017.^{[self-published source?]}

[acotoronto-3] "Jami Mosque". acotoronto.ca. Architectural Conservatory of Ontario. Archived from the original on December 14, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2025.

[4] Masud, Muhammad Khalid. Travellers in faith: studies of the Tablīghī Jamāʻat. p. 227.

[child-5] Shephard, Michelle (2008). Guantanamo's Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-84117-4.

[6] Mahjoub, (Re), 2013 FC 1092, Federal Court (Canada)

[7] Colin Freeze (October 1, 2018). "Somali Canadian faces U.S. conspiracy charge". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

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