REPORT LAUNCH: MOSQUES IN BRITAIN: A LANDMARK STUDY OF FAITH INFRASTRUCTURE

Organised by the Manchester Muslim Forum[MMF] and hosted by Khizra Masjid in partnership:

REPORT LAUNCH: MOSQUES IN BRITAIN: A LANDMARK STUDY OF FAITH INFRASTRUCTURE

with co-author *Jahangir Mohammed [Co Founder and Director of Ayaan Institute]

*Host and chair: Dr Sadek Hamid [Senior Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh]

Date and time: Saturday 13th September 2025, 4pm - 6pm [Prompt start]

Venue: The Khizra Mosque and Community Centre, Main Lecture Theatre , 425 Cheetham Hill Rd, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M8 0PF

This landmark study by the Ayaan Institute provides the most comprehensive dataset to date on the financial, personnel, and legal status of mosques in the United Kingdom. Drawing on analysis of 1,179 registered charity mosques – representing 62.5% of the UK’s estimated 1,884 mosques—the report offers valuable insights into the scale, role, and challenges of the British mosque sector from 2020 to 2023. No previous research has identified this number of mosques registered as charities. It was not possible to determine the legal structure of the remaining mosques from public sources; however, we believe many will also be registered charities.

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Main speaker and co-author Jahangir Mohammed [Co Founder and Director of Ayaan Institute]- A prolific writer, thinker, and commentator on Muslim Global Affairs with a 28-year experience of studying and analysing Islamic and Jihad movements. During this period, he has written numerous articles, opinion pieces, and been a regular commentator in Muslim and mainstream media. He has acted as a geopolitical analyst and expert for lawyers on international terrorism and extremism trials in a dozen cases. He has been the Director of Centre for Muslim Affairs since 1997. Prior to this he was the Deputy Leader of the Muslim Parliament of Great Britain (1992-1997) and was responsible for much of its research and project development/management. The Parliament’s last project before it ended in 1997 was a global conference, “Islamophobia the oldest hatred”. In his professional capacity, he has been a lecturer in social policy and public administration at De Montfort University Leicester (at the young age of 23). He has worked as a senior manager in and around local and national government for 25 years, in the field of community regeneration, where he has been responsible for hundreds of community based and business development projects. He has extensive experience of understanding diverse and multicultural communities. He now runs his own consultancy business where he is a specialist in organisational and charity management, and has advised hundreds of charities, organisations, as well as lawyers. He is the author of Race Relations and Muslims in Britain (1993), The Home Office Strategy for Islam and Muslims in Britain (1996) , The Final Crusade against Islam: 911 and the Implications for Muslims (2002). Preventing Extremism or reforming Islam (2007), The Prevent Strategy; A Cradle to Grave Police State (2013).

Host and chair : *Dr Sadek Hamid is a Senior Research Fellow, at the University of Edinburgh] and prior he was Head of Research at UKIM and Research Fellow at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He has previously held teaching and research positions at the universities of Chester, Liverpool Hope, Cambridge Muslim College and Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. He has been actively engaged in Muslim communities for more than 30 years and prior to transitioning to academia was a Youth & Community Development professional. He has written extensively on Muslim young people, Islamic activism, religion, politics, and public policy. He is author of Sufis, Salafis and Islamists: The Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism (I. B. Tauris, 2016), co-author of British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism, (Edinburgh University Press, 2018), editor of Young British Muslims: Between Rhetoric and Realities (Routledge, 2016), co-editor of Political Muslims: Understanding Youth Resistance in a Global Context (Syracuse University Press, 2018), Youth Work and Islam: A Leap of Faith for Young People (Sense, 2011) and most recently; Contemporary British Muslim Arts an Cultural Production: Identity, Belonging and Social Change (Routledge, 2023).

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Khizra Mosque, 425 Cheetham Hill Road, Cheetham Hill, United Kingdom