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'''Katabon Mosque''' ({{lang-bn|কাটাবন মসজিদ}}) in [[Shahbag]], [[Dhaka]] is a center for [[Missionary#Muslim missionary activity (Dawah)|Muslim mission]]aries in [[Bangladesh]]. It houses the Bangladesh Masjid Mission (Bangladesh Mosque Mission) and is officially named as the "Bangladesh Masjid Mission Complex Central Mosque".<ref>[http://www.bmmbd.org/ Bangladesh Masjid Mission Official Website]</ref>{{Dead link|date=August 2008}}<ref>[http://www.bdyellowbook.com/catalog/Garments___Accessories/Textile_Chemicals_Importers___Suppliers/Imperial_International_Ltd_-info9104.html Bangladesh Yellow Pages]</ref><ref>[http://www.bdtradezone.com/alpha.php?letter=I Bangladesh Trade Zone]</ref><ref>[http://www.bdtradeinfo.com/yellowpages/des_data.asp?subcategory_id=741 Bangladesh Trade Info]</ref> It also houses the Islamic Economics Research Bureau, which works to "synergize the intellectual capabilities of the modern day professionals, academicians, and students of Islamic Banking and Finance".<ref>Mohammen Nasir Jawed, ''Year Book of the Muslim World'', page 167, South Asia Books, 2006, ISBN 8186420002</ref> Other Islamic organizations like Islam Prochar Samity (Association for Preaching Islam), Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh and Liberated Youth, are around the corner.<ref>Sayeed Mahmud Nizam, [http://www.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/2005/03/04/page01.htm Shop Talk] ''[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]''</ref><ref>[http://www.khilafat.org/newPages/CircleInfo/circle.php Circle Information]</ref><ref>[http://www.islamicfinder.org/getitWorld.php?id=70815&lang= Islamic Finder]</ref> Many of these Islamic organizations are engaged in preaching of orthodx Islam.<ref>U.A.B. Razia Akter, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XyzqATEDPSgC&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=%22Islam+Prochar+Samity%22&source=web&ots=CyWeaszfID&sig=mf0sc_RJzjggccUcahgKIN5XZhc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA51,M1 Islam in Bangladesh], BRILL, 1992, ISBN 9004094970</ref> There has been claims to associate the Masjid Mission with [[Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh]].<ref>Rajat Kumar Kujur, [http://www.sspconline.org/article_details.asp?artid=art73 Bangladesh: The Locus of Islamic Terrorism], Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict</ref> The mosque is founded where the stables of the [[Dhaka Nawab Family]] was.<ref>Mohammad Alamgir, [http://banglapedia.org/ht/S_0261.HTM Shahbag], ''[[Banglapedia]]''</ref>
'''Katabon Mosque''' ({{lang-bn|কাটাবন মসজিদ}}) in [[Shahbag]], [[Dhaka]] is a center for [[Missionary#Muslim missionary activity (Dawah)|Muslim mission]]aries in [[Bangladesh]]. It houses the Bangladesh Masjid Mission (Bangladesh Mosque Mission) and is officially named as the "Bangladesh Masjid Mission Complex Central Mosque".<ref>[http://www.bdyellowbook.com/catalog/Garments___Accessories/Textile_Chemicals_Importers___Suppliers/Imperial_International_Ltd_-info9104.html Bangladesh Yellow Pages]</ref><ref>[http://www.bdtradezone.com/alpha.php?letter=I Bangladesh Trade Zone]</ref><ref>[http://www.bdtradeinfo.com/yellowpages/des_data.asp?subcategory_id=741 Bangladesh Trade Info]</ref> It is founded where the stables of the [[Dhaka Nawab Family]] was.<ref>Mohammad Alamgir, [http://banglapedia.org/ht/S_0261.HTM Shahbag], ''[[Banglapedia]]''</ref>
The mosque houses the Islamic Economics Research Bureau, which works to "synergize the intellectual capabilities of the modern day professionals, academicians, and students of Islamic Banking and Finance".<ref>Mohammen Nasir Jawed, ''Year Book of the Muslim World'', page 167, South Asia Books, 2006, ISBN 8186420002</ref> Other Islamic organizations like Islam Prochar Samity (Association for Preaching Islam), Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh and Liberated Youth, are around the corner.<ref>Sayeed Mahmud Nizam, [http://www.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/2005/03/04/page01.htm Shop Talk] ''[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]''</ref><ref>[http://www.khilafat.org/newPages/CircleInfo/circle.php Circle Information]</ref><ref>[http://www.islamicfinder.org/getitWorld.php?id=70815&lang= Islamic Finder]</ref> Many of these Islamic organizations are at the front line of preaching of [[Wahhabism|orthodox Islam]] in Bangladesh.<ref>U.A.B. Razia Akter, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XyzqATEDPSgC&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=%22Islam+Prochar+Samity%22&source=web&ots=CyWeaszfID&sig=mf0sc_RJzjggccUcahgKIN5XZhc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA51,M1 Islam in Bangladesh], BRILL, 1992, ISBN 9004094970</ref>
There has been claims to associate the Masjid Mission with [[Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh]].<ref>Rajat Kumar Kujur, [http://www.sspconline.org/article_details.asp?artid=art73 Bangladesh: The Locus of Islamic Terrorism], Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict</ref> Muslim protesters gather around the mosque,<ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-16036197_ITM 2,000 Muslims in Bangladesh capital protest Israel's attacks on Lebanon, police say], Associated Press, [[2006-06-21]]</ref> while students of neighboring [[University of Dhaka]] has protested against the activities conducted at the mosque.<ref>Jim Salter, [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-20647990_ITM DU Campus], United News Bureau, Bangladesh, [[2004-03-10]]</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://wikimapia.org/1300193/ Katabon Mosque] at [[WikiMapia]]
* [http://wikimapia.org/1300193/ Katabon Mosque] at [[WikiMapia]]
* [http://www.bmmbd.org/ Bangladesh Masjid Mission Official Website]


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Revision as of 12:21, 24 October 2008

Katabon Mosque (Template:Lang-bn) in Shahbag, Dhaka is a center for Muslim missionaries in Bangladesh. It houses the Bangladesh Masjid Mission (Bangladesh Mosque Mission) and is officially named as the "Bangladesh Masjid Mission Complex Central Mosque".[1][2][3] It is founded where the stables of the Dhaka Nawab Family was.[4]

The mosque houses the Islamic Economics Research Bureau, which works to "synergize the intellectual capabilities of the modern day professionals, academicians, and students of Islamic Banking and Finance".[5] Other Islamic organizations like Islam Prochar Samity (Association for Preaching Islam), Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh and Liberated Youth, are around the corner.[6][7][8] Many of these Islamic organizations are at the front line of preaching of orthodox Islam in Bangladesh.[9]

There has been claims to associate the Masjid Mission with Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh.[10] Muslim protesters gather around the mosque,[11] while students of neighboring University of Dhaka has protested against the activities conducted at the mosque.[12]

References

  1. ^ Bangladesh Yellow Pages
  2. ^ Bangladesh Trade Zone
  3. ^ Bangladesh Trade Info
  4. ^ Mohammad Alamgir, Shahbag, Banglapedia
  5. ^ Mohammen Nasir Jawed, Year Book of the Muslim World, page 167, South Asia Books, 2006, ISBN 8186420002
  6. ^ Sayeed Mahmud Nizam, Shop Talk The Daily Star
  7. ^ Circle Information
  8. ^ Islamic Finder
  9. ^ U.A.B. Razia Akter, Islam in Bangladesh, BRILL, 1992, ISBN 9004094970
  10. ^ Rajat Kumar Kujur, Bangladesh: The Locus of Islamic Terrorism, Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict
  11. ^ 2,000 Muslims in Bangladesh capital protest Israel's attacks on Lebanon, police say, Associated Press, 2006-06-21
  12. ^ Jim Salter, DU Campus, United News Bureau, Bangladesh, 2004-03-10

23°44′18.2″N 90°23′28.6″E / 23.738389°N 90.391278°E / 23.738389; 90.391278