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Allah’s name I begin with, the utmost Kind, the ever Merciful. ON THE PASSING AWAY OF PIR ATIQ-UR-REHMAN FAIZPURI (RA) – Shaykh al-Tariqah of an esteemed Khanqah (Dhangri Sharif) in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, Shaykh Pir Muhammad Atiq-ur-Rehman Faizpuri (ra), has departed to his Lord. “Indeed we are for Allah, and to Him we are return.” […]

Team JAK will be participating in the Tough Mudder Challenge on the 12th of May, in support of the wonderful work of Jamia Al-Karam. Tough Mudder is a team-oriented obstacle course designed to test physical strength and mental grit. Tough Mudder puts camaraderie over finisher rankings and is not a race but a team challenge. […]

The Founder and Principal of Jamia Al-Karam,Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada, on behalf of everyone associated with Jamia Al-Karam expresses his sadness and condolences at the passing away of the teacher of scholars, Shaykh-ul-Hadith Allama Mufti Muhammad Sharfuddin (ra), who has recently passed away whilst in Pakistan. Indeed we are for Allah, and indeed to […]

The Vice-Principal, Bakhtyar Pirzada al-Azhari, attended an evening with Shaykh Abdullah Bin Bayyah (Forum for Peace, UAE) and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Zaytuna College, USA), on Thursday 2 November 2017. The evening was titled ‘Islam in a Globalising World’ and was jointly hosted in London by the Forum for Peace and Imams Online. During the evening, […]

Jamia Al-Karam marked this previous weekend with its first Shabb-e Karam (Night of Benevolence). On Saturday night, 14 October 2017, with blessings and specific permission from the honourable Pir Muhammad Amin Ul Hasnat Shah of Bhera Sharif, Pakistan, and under the direction of Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada, intellectual and spiritual gatherings of zikr and […]

On Wednesday 11 October 2017, the scholarly elder and learned custodian of the renowned spiritual Khanqah of Ajmer Sharif, India, namely Shaykh Allama Sayyid Muhammad Mahdi Mian Chishti, visited Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada at Jamia Al-Karam. Ajmer Sharif is home to the resting place and landmark mausoleum of the early 13th century Sufi scholar […]

On Thursday 12th October, the Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service visited Jamia Al-Karam and presented a powerful seminar on Road Traffic Collision (RTC) awareness to young car drivers, which was followed by an impressive RTC rescue demonstration. Students were able to meet the personnel from the Fire & Rescue Service and Specialist Rescue Unit and […]

Jamia Al-Karam has been serving the community since 1985, and since 1995 from the Eaton Hall campus in Retford. The Eaton Hall campus was built in the 1950s.  The building at that time was running on old inefficient coalpowered boilers. During those early years, we were able to install commercial oil-powered boilers, which have served […]

Following the tragic events in Barcelona, the British Muslim Forum, which is chaired by the Principal of Jamia Al-Karam, Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada, issued the following statement. Barcelona Attack: BMF condemnation of the terror attacks in Spain The British Muslim Forum (BMF) most strongly condemns the evil, cowardly acts of terror that occurred yesterday […]

On 8 July 2017, the Mayor of Retford, Cllr Helen Richards, and former Chairman of Bassetlaw District Council, Cllr Jim Anderson, visited Jamia Al-Karam at Eaton Hall and met with the Founder and Principal, Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada, and the Vice-Principal, Bakhtyar Pirzada al-Azhari. On this occasion, a beautiful rose bush that had been […]