Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland, which started its activities as Clonee Mosque based in the village of Clonee, is the mainstream and leading Islamic Centre in Dublin 15 Ireland. It was established in January 2004 as Clonee Mosque, to cater as a place of worship for the Muslim community in Clonee (Dublin 15). Due to the high number of attendees during the Friday prayers , Clonee Mosque moved to an industrial unit in Damastown in 2007. The Islamic Center represents more traditional Sufi oriented Barelvi movement.
Clonee Mosque was renamed to Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland in 2008 and was inaugurated by the late former Minister of Justice Mr. Brian Lenihan in January 2008. Al-Mustafa ICC is represented in the Irish Council of Imams by its Founder and Imam Shaykh Umar Al-Qadri. Al-Mustafa ICC has about 500 members.
The aims and objectives of Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre according to its website are:
There are various educational, cultural and spiritual activities organized by Al-Mustafa ICC.
There are 120 students studying in Al-Mustafa weekend Quran School. In the weekend Quran school students are taught the following subjects: Quran recitation, Memorization of the Quran, Fiqh, Seerah, uloom Al-Quran, uloom Al-Hadith and Islamic history. There are 6 teachers teaching in Al-Mustafa weekend Quran school.
Sisters Halaqah takes place every Wednesday morning till the afternoon.
Jumah Salah (Friday prayer) starts at 1:30 pm with the lecture. The lecture is completely in English and followed by a short Arabic Khutbah and the prayer is held at 2:10pm.
Every Thursday night a halaqah takes place of Zikr. Al-Mustafa ICC organizes many spiritual events throughout the year (Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul Adha,Lailat-ul-Qadr, Laylat-um-Mubarakah, Shab Meraaj and Mawlid-un-Nabi