About Us

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Here at Islamic Society of Toronto, we are dedicated to serving the thousands of Muslim families living in our locality. Which is why our team has curated a variety of programs and classes to target the religious needs of our community.
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Islamic Society of Toronto envisions a united and diverse future as our Muslim community in Thorncliffe Park grows. Committed to quality services, we invite all to join our journey of collective growth.

Our History

Since the early 1970s, when some of us moved to East York, the only borough in Canada, the Muslim population steadily and significantly grew. Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park offered many attractive features for living, working, and doing business, which led to the establishment of approximately 25,000 Sunni Muslim families in East York. This made the Muslim population one of the most densely concentrated in any city within Greater Toronto, and one of the fastest-growing Muslim communities in North America.

For years, we rented various facilities for our daily and Friday prayers, Taraweeh during the month of Ramadan, and evening after-school programs for our children. The lack of our own dedicated place of worship, religious education, and a center to meet both social and religious needs caused significant challenges. In fact, it reached an alarming level in terms of preserving Islam for both current and future generations of Muslims.

Beyond safeguarding the faith of Muslims at that time and in the future, we also saw strong opportunities to propagate Islam to non-Muslims and defend the religion against those who occasionally, but systematically, attempted to discredit it and spread hatred against Islam and Muslims.

Alhamdulillah, by the grace of Almighty Allah (SWT), in 1995, the Muslims of East York purchased a property at 4 Thorncliffe Park. This location was suitable for an Islamic Centre, providing religious education and serving as a hub for preaching and teaching Islam to both Muslims and non-Muslims in the community.

Our Services

Events
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Charity & Donation
Quran Classes
Alim Program
Hifz Program
Tafseer Program

Goals and Objectives

  • To assist Muslims in Thorncliffe Park, Flemingdon Park, and the surrounding areas in carrying out Islamic activities in pursuit of a complete Islamic way of life.
  • To establish, operate, and manage a place of worship in accordance with Islamic principles, and to provide facilities for a Madrasah and religious education.
  • To offer guidance for marriages in accordance with Islamic principles and traditions.
  • To propagate and promote Islam, publish Islamic books and literature, and maintain a library for related purposes.
  • To carry out religious, charitable, and other Islamic activities.
  • To help foster peaceful and harmonious relations with other communities.
  • To collaborate with similar organizations for the betterment of humanity.

Committee

Soab Parekh, President
Abdulrahim Jogiat
Yusuf Dadhiseth
Illyas Jakda
Iqbal Gangat
Iqbal Makrod
Faruk Sidat
Gulamnabi Koya
A. Khalek Patel
Abdul Kader Dorya
Hafiz Umer Taliya
Ahmed Dorya
Rashid Dasoo
Naeem Jogiat
Yunus Gori