Awareness Through Mosque Tour (ATMT)

COLPETTY MOSQUE TOUR A GRAND SUCCESS!

We had our 14th Open Mosque Day at Beautiful Colpetty Jumma Mosque today. There were around 800 visitors of other faiths who participated including Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, Former President Mahinda Rajapakse, Sagala Rathnayake, JVP MPs ,Government Officials, Police Officers, Foreign Tourists and Journalists, among many others Besides a tour of the mosque, visitors were served traditional Muslim foods, taken …

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Mosque Tours catch on in Sri Lanka

Mosque Tours are fast catching on in Sri Lanka. The latest Open Mosque Day held at Kollupitiya Jumma Mosque in Colombo on 22nd January had around 800 people of other faiths participating. Besides a tour of this beautiful mosque, participants were taken around a poster walkthrough clearing misconceptions of Islam, given free calligraphy of their names in beautiful Arabic script …

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Mosque Tour in Kandy an Immense Success

An Open Mosque Day held at Kandy’s historic Katukele Grand Mosque  was an immense success. Around 600 people of other faiths including Buddhist Monks, Christian clergy, Government officials. Army Officers, Police, Diplomats, Principals, Teachers and School Children participated in the tour.   This was the 9th such program organised by Sri Lanka’s pioneering Islamic outreach organisation, the Centre for Islamic Studies …

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AWARENESS THROUGH MOSQUE TOURS -Bringing People Closer to Islam

Da’wah or inviting people to Islam is an important duty of the Muslim community. This is especially so since no Messenger of Allah will appear after our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). In fact, the Qur’an makes numerous references to spreading the message of Islam through beautiful preaching. Our Prophet (PBUH) also cast upon his followers the duty …

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Awareness Through Mosque Tour (ATMT) to commence at Wekanda Mosque

The Awareness Through Mosque Tour (ATMT) program spearheaded by the Centre for Islamic Studies (CIS) will commence from early February this year, Insha Allah. The pilot project will commence at Wekanda Mosque, Slave Island, to be followed by the Red Mosque (Sammankot Mosque) also known as Jamiul Alfar in the Pettah area of Colombo and Masjidul Abrar, the oldest existing …

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