Diamond Village Mosque
About the Masjid
Diamond Village Masjid was first built of wood in the early 1900s on land rented from the Ste. Madeline Sugar Company. It was a small structure built by our first Imam, Haroo Khan of Punjab, India. The mosque was only established in the year 1935. After the passing of the first Imam, his successor was Imam Sayed Mohammed Shah who was also Punjabi. As Islam began to spread in the community so did the demands of the establishment. Our next Imam was Mohammed Hassan of Barrackpore, our longest serving Imam to date. He served from 1955 up to 1996 (42 years). Under his leadership the mosque was rebuilt, a new concrete structure replacing the old one. It is now more spacious, equipped with air condition, fans and even a public address system. Muslims from Picton Estate, Wellington Estate, Monkey Town, Barrackpore, Pleasantville, Ste Madeline and Diamond Village proper began to attend various religious programmes and other activities at the mosque.
In earlier years the Imam conducted all the affairs of the Masjid. As the membership of the Jamaat increased there was need for change at the administrative level and as such a new system emerged. Presently, the administration of the Mosque is handled by an elected management committee headed by the President, Haji Fyzool Khan. Our current Imam, Maulana Ibrahim Drayton-Loney remains the spiritual leader of the establishment and has been charged with this duty since 2018.
Past Imams:
- Haroo Khan
- Sayed Mohammed Shah
- Gool Aziz
- Ralph Khan
- Khairool Baksh
- Mohammed Hassan
- Mynudeen Hassan
- Maulana Zaheer Sokoor
- Maulana Sharaz Mohammed
- Maulana Ibrahim Drayton-Loney (Current Imam)
Past Presidents:
- Baraichee A. Khan
- Ralph Khan
- Kabeera Mohammed
- Ali Mohammed
- Haji Fyzool Khan (Current Imam)
Programmes and Activities
- 5 daily Salah
- Monthly Maulood Shareef
- Jummah- different Islamic Scholars are invited on different Fridays
- Dhikr (Remembrance of Allah) every Thursday
- Observance of Fasting and Iftaar from entire month of Ramadan
- Observance of Eid-ul-Fitr & Eid-ul-Adha and Kurbani
- Weekly Maktaab on Saturdays via zoom (starting back live at the Masjid after Ramadan 10 a.m. to 12 noon)
- Counselling, Settling Disputes and other issues are also always settled by the Imam upon request
