Anjuman Sunnat-ul-Jamaat Association

Anjuman Sunnat-ul-Jamaat Association

Abbreviation	ASJA
Formation	1936
Headquarters	2-4 Queen Street Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago

Historical view of the ASJA headquarter in Port of Spain (1942)

The Anjuman Sunnat-ul-Jamaat Association (ASJA) ^{[1] [2]} is the largest and most influential Muslim organisation of Trinidad and Tobago. More than 80% of the Trinidadian Muslim belongs to Anjuman Sunnatul jamaat association. It operates 53 mosques, 7 Primary School and 6 secondary schools. The members of this organization are Sunni Hanafi Muslim. ^[3]

See also

• ASJA Boys' College
• Islam in Trinidad and Tobago

References

1. "Muslims told not to gather at masjids during Ramadan". www.guardian.co.tt. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
2. "Muslim organisations against ganja decriminalisation". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
3. Svanberg, Ingvar; Westerlund, David (2012-12-06). Islam Outside the Arab World. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-136-11322-2.

• p. 318, Sociology of Religion in India, Rowena Robinson, Sage Publications, 2004. ISBN   0-7619-9781-4.
• Denominational primary schooling: The case of Trinidad and Tobago, Clayton G. Mackenzie, International Review of Education37, #2 (June 1991), pp. 211–226.
• ASJA condemns Danish cartoons, Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday, February 4, 2006.

External links

• ASJA web page