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Our Story<\/h2><\/div><\/div>

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1960's<\/h2><\/div>

It all began in a one bedroom house situated on North Parade (current day Alpine Close) which was used as a\u00a0Madrasah.\u00a0Maulana\u00a0Yaqub\u00a0Qawi\u00a0Saheb\u00a0recommended the name of\u00a0Madrasah\u00a0Hussainiyah\u00a0for the\u00a0Madrasah\u00a0and thus the first\u00a0Madrasah\u00a0in Mount Pleasant was established with approximately 10 \u2013 15 students and one\u00a0Ustaad. Late\u00a0Maulana\u00a0Umar\u00a0Mulla\u00a0Saheb\u00a0was invited from India to teach the children and lead the local Muslims in prayer. He continued this service up until 1978.<\/p>\n

During his time, the Muslim population multiplied\u00a0with the\u00a0demand\u00a0to increase the\u00a0Madrasah\u00a0capacity too, so the old Methodist Church and Sunday school building was bought in 1968. The whole building was refurbished and used as a\u00a0Madrasah\u00a0and\u00a0Masjid.<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”bg_color” bg_override=”ex-full” type=”vc_default” css=”.vc_custom_1674772079700{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}” bg_color_value=”rgba(227,216,199,0.69)”][vc_column]

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1980's<\/h2><\/div>

In 1984 Mount Pleasant Islamic Trust (MPIT) was formed and its first major action was the purchase of the Trade and Friendly Club on\u00a0Purlwell\u00a0Lane. This was soon transformed into a place where Islamic knowledge would flourish and was easily accessible by the local Muslims too. 369 students benefited from this endeavour. Under the recommendation of\u00a0Hadhrat\u00a0Sheikh\u00a0Moulana\u00a0Yusuf\u00a0Motala\u00a0Saheb, the\u00a0Madrasah\u00a0was aptly named\u00a0Madrasah\u00a0Islamiyah. Mount Pleasant Islamic Trust recognising the need to teach and learn Islam within an English Medium considered and went about inviting\u00a0Hadhrat\u00a0Maulana\u00a0Mufti\u00a0Faheem\u00a0Mayet\u00a0Saheb\u00a0from South Africa to take up the position of Head Teacher and the responsibility of transitioning the Islamic syllabus which was commonly being taught in an Urdu medium into an English medium. As before, the ever increasing population of the local Muslims demanded a bigger and suitable centre of learning; student population since 1984 (369 students) had almost doubled by 1997. Thus the construction of a purpose built\u00a0Maktab\u00a0was contemplated and discussed for the first time.<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”bg_color” bg_override=”ex-full” type=”vc_default” css=”.vc_custom_1674772094116{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}” bg_color_value=”rgba(227,216,199,0.69)”][vc_column]

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1990's<\/h2><\/div>

In 1997 plans to erect a purpose built\u00a0Maktab\u00a0on both of the sites available to the Trust were drawn up. Due to the difficulties in building a three storey\u00a0Maktab\u00a0on the existing site of the\u00a0Madrasah\u00a0Islamiyah, it was considered best to elect a\u00a0Maktab\u00a0on the recently purchased site\u00a0adjacent to the\u00a0Masjid.<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”bg_color” bg_override=”ex-full” type=”vc_default” css=”.vc_custom_1674772111203{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}” bg_color_value=”rgba(227,216,199,0.69)”][vc_column]

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2000's<\/h2><\/div>

In 2001, the foundation brick of the new\u00a0Madrasah\u00a0Islamiyah\u00a0was laid by the blessed hands of\u00a0Hadhrat\u00a0Maulana\u00a0Sheikhul\u00a0Hadeeth\u00a0Masleehuddin\u00a0Saheb\u00a0(DB). The inauguration ceremony of the New\u00a0Madrasah\u00a0Islamiyah\u00a0building was conducted and blessed by the honourable and esteemed presences of both\u00a0Hadhrat\u00a0Maulana\u00a0Sheikh Yusuf\u00a0Motala\u00a0Saheb\u00a0and\u00a0Hadhrat\u00a0Hafiz Muhammad Patel\u00a0Saheb.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0work on the\u00a0Madrasah\u00a0project commenced initially at a cost of \u00a31.8million rising finally to \u00a32.7 million adding\u00a0an\u00a0extra floor to the original plan.<\/p>\n

In present day, the\u00a0Madrasah\u00a0have a team of more than fifty dedicated and committed members of staff. Furthermore, there are now, more than 800 students being taught the Qur\u2019an,\u00a0Fiqh,\u00a0Seerah,\u00a0Hifz\u00a0and various other particulars of Islam within a modern and spectacular building made up of 40 classrooms, prayer halls on each floor, w\/c facilities on each floor, offices, libraries, a large and spacious hall used both to deliver advanced classes to girls and supplementary classes to the local ladies\u00a0who desire to\u00a0improve\u00a0and increase their knowledge of Islam. This hall is also used on occasions when there Islamic lectures and presentation ceremonies take place.\u00a0Madrasah\u00a0Islamiyah\u00a0is conducting and operating a successfully pre-school set up (Darul\u00a0Urquoom\u00a0Nursery) within the building. The Trust is built for various religious, educational, and social elements and above all the\u00a0Madrasah\u00a0is being used to its full potential with students of over 1000 and increasing yearly.<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”bg_color” bg_override=”ex-full” bg_color_value=”rgba(227,216,199,0.69)”][vc_column]