Foyzane Ahle Bait Jame Mosque
A place of worship and community in Madanipur (Kalipur), Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, Bangladesh, standing alongside our Madrasah on land the same family gave for both.
A Mosque built for the community
Foyzane Ahle Bait Jame Mosque stands in Madanipur (Kalipur), Kamalganj, in the Moulvibazar district of Bangladesh. It was known for many years as Uttar Kalipur Darun Sunnah Jame Mosque, and longstanding supporters may still know it by that name. It is the same Mosque, in the same place, serving the same community.
It does not stand alone. Our Madrasah is alongside it, and the two have shared a site since the beginning.
Est. 1983
A story that began in 1983
The Mosque was established in 1983 by Haji Mofiz Uddin. The land it stands on was given rather than bought: his wife, Konijabibi, donated it together with their children, and she gave it for two institutions rather than one, this Mosque and the Madrasah beside it.
That single donation is why the two share a history as well as a site. Neither can be told properly without the other, and the family that made it possible is part of both stories.
1983
Established by Alhajj md. Mofiz ali , on land donated by Konijabibi and their children
Key Facts
The Mosque at a glance
These key facts provide a quick view of the Mosque's history, capacity, distinctive architecture and development.
1983
Established
Founded by Haji Mofiz Uddin
350+
Worshippers
Capacity of the Mosque
111
Domes
A distinctive architectural feature
2010–2016
Development period
A new Mosque building was developed
£150,000
Development cost
Spent on the development work
111 domes
111 Domes
One of the Mosque's distinctive architectural features is its 111 domes. It is what gives the building its roofline, and what most people picture when the Mosque is described to them.
A dome is not decoration alone. It lifts the roof, carries sound through the prayer hall, and draws heat up and away from the people beneath it. Repeated 111 times, it gives the Mosque a roofline unlike anything else nearby, and it is a measure of what the building was intended to be.
Development History
Building for the future
Between 2010 and 2016, development work was carried out on a new Mosque building. This is the record of it, including where it stands today.
2010
Development begins
2010–2016
New building development
£150,000
Development cost
2016
Work suspended
Today
Some work remains incomplete
Completing what was started
Development ran from 2010 to 2016 and cost £150,000. It was suspended in 2016, and some of the work has stood unfinished ever since. HF Trust UK wants to support its completion in the future.
We are not going to put a figure or a date against that here, because we have not been given one, and a number invented for a website is worth nothing to the people waiting for the building. What we can say is plain enough: the work stopped, it was never finished, and finishing it is what the Trust is working towards.
Alongside our Madrasah
The Mosque stands alongside the Madrasah in Madanipur (Kalipur), Kamalganj, Moulvibazar. The land for both was donated by Konijabibi, wife of Haji Mofiz Uddin, and their children. One gift, two institutions, one site.
More than a hundred students study at the Madrasah, most of them living there. The Mosque they pray in is a few steps away, which is why the two are always spoken of together.
Why It Matters
A place of worship and community
What the Mosque is, in the plainest terms we can put it: a place to pray, beside a place to learn, with room for the people who come.
A Mosque serving its local community
Standing alongside our Madrasah
Room for 350+ worshippers
A history reaching back to 1983
Support the Mosque
Help complete the Mosque
The Mosque has already seen significant development, but some work remains incomplete. HF Trust UK wants to support the completion of the remaining work in the future.