Jamiyah Singapore

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Jamiyah Singapore
Formation1932
Founder Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi
Founded atSingapore
President
Mohd Hasbi Abu Bakar
Affiliations Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam
Website https://www.jamiyah.org.sg/

Jamiyah Singapore (formerly known as All Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, Singapore) is a Non-governmental organisation based in Singapore which belongs to the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam. [1] [2] It was established and founded by Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi Al-Qaderi, a student of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi in 1932 [3] [4] after sharing ideas with Amjad Ali Aazmi and Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri. [5] [6] It was established to promote and preach Islam in Singapore. [7]

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Muhammadiyah Movement

Then President of Jamiyah, Abu Bakr Maidin along with other members of Jamiyah started Muhammadiyah Movement in Singapore to influence Muslims to celebrate Mawlid on the birth date of Muhammad. [8] [9] [10]

Leaders

Services and events

In 1981, Jamiyah organised the biggest Mawlid festival on the Birth anniversary of Muhammad, which was attended by more than 45000 thousand people. [2]

The organisation runs various social services including a kindergarten, nursing home and halfway house. [12] [13] It also ran a children's home from 1993 to 2021. [12]

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