Raza Islamic Educational Cultural Centre Markaz-E-Ahle Sunnat
Charity 1216583
Overview
Summary
Raza Islamic Educational Cultural Centre Markaz-E-Ahle Sunnat appears to be a mosque-centred community institution in Aston whose role extends beyond congregational worship. Its stated purposes combine religious practice, children’s education, language learning and wider-community outreach, while its public-facing website foregrounds both daily services and an active effort to build a new mosque. The available evidence suggests an organisation using a faith setting as durable local infrastructure for multiple generations, though its actual reach, partnerships and delivery model remain unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Aston
Confidence: low
The organisation’s official website advertises regular services and classes at its mosque. However, the supplied evidence does not independently establish that the mosque is within Aston ward.
- Raza Masjid Aston website — homepage
The site advertises daily community prayer services at the mosque. - Raza Masjid Aston website — Services
The site advertises monthly ijtema, Qur'an lessons, Urdu and Arabic lessons, and asks prospective participants to visit the mosque to book or enrol. - Charity Commission Register of Charities — charity 1216583
The registered charity contact address is 'Mosque Raza-Islamic Educational, Aston, Birmingham'; its objects include providing a mosque for prayer, lectures, meetings, celebrations and religious education.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the area in which the charity operates, but the charity is recently registered and has not yet supplied activity or financial reporting. This supports a Birmingham connection but does not evidence regular delivery across the city.
- The website says Qur'an and language learning can be available online as well as in person, but gives no evidence about the location or scale of online participants.
- The Nikah service is described as available at homes, venues and mosques, but no current locations, frequency or geographic catchment are specified.
- No evidence was found of additional physical sites, delivery venues, or partnerships that materially extend the organisation's operational footprint beyond its mosque.
Additional evidence needed
- A current annual report, activities return or service timetable showing where outreach, education, advice or community activities are actually delivered.
- Details of any regular external venues, partner organisations, or commissioned services.
- Information on the geographic reach and volume of online learning and off-site Nikah services.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- General Charitable Purposes
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
The mosque appears to be both a service and a platform
The organisation appears to treat its physical mosque space as the base from which worship, education, celebrations, meetings and outreach can take place, rather than as a prayer venue alone.
Why it matters
This suggests its importance may lie partly in providing shared civic infrastructure: a place through which varied forms of support, learning and community connection can be organised.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects include providing a mosque for prayer, lectures and meetings.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space, services, advocacy, advice or information, and research.”
Source:Charity Commission
Education may be a central bridge between faith and family life
Islamic education for children alongside Urdu and Arabic classes suggests a role in sustaining religious knowledge and heritage across generations, potentially making the organisation especially relevant to families.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation from a worship-only setting and may explain how it builds longer-term relationships with local households.
Show evidence
“The charity provides Islamic religious education for children, as well as classes in Urdu and Arabic.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps children and young people and people of a particular ethnic or racial origin.”
Source:Charity Commission
The planned mosque development may be an important strategic moment
The website's repeated invitation to support construction of a new mosque indicates that the organisation may be expanding or renewing its physical capacity, rather than only maintaining current services.
Why it matters
A building project can reshape an organisation's future role, resources and ability to host community activity; it may also create opportunities for new partnerships and wider local engagement.
Show evidence
“Join us in our mission to build a new mosque.”
Source:Organisation“Your donations help us create a welcoming space for all.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether the stated outreach, advice, research, poverty relief and other broad charitable activities are currently delivered in practice.
- Which local communities use the organisation, and whether its outreach extends beyond its congregational network.
- The scale, timetable and community impact of the proposed new mosque.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or activity updates showing programmes, attendance, spending and outcomes.
- Information on local partners, referral relationships and outreach activity.
- Plans for the new mosque, including facilities, consultation and intended community use.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING: (A) A MOSQUE FOR PRAYER, LECTURES AND MEETINGS (B) FACILITIES FOR RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS AND CEREMONIES (C) ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN, AS WELL AS CLASSES IN URDU AND ARABIC (D) OUTEACH ACTIVITIES IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY