Darul Hadis Latifiah (), formerly known as Madrasah-e-Darul Qirat Majidiah (), is a secondary (11–20 age range) boys,

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ic,

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and

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, England. It achieved the status of a secondary school in 1999. Parents and community leaders under the guidance of Abdul Latif Chowdhury (Fultali Saheb) led the initial foundation of the madrasa in 1978.

History

Madrasah-e-Darul Qirat Majidiah was established in 1978 by parents and community leaders under the guidance of

Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali (; 25 May 1913 – 16 January 2008), reverentially known as Saheb Qiblah, was a late-twentieth century Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, ''mufassir'', ''qāriʾ'', poet and orator. As a prolific author, he completed sever ...

, who named it after his father Shah Abdul Majid Chowdhury. Classes were originally held at a rented property in New Road, London, E1. Through private donations local community leaders raised funds to buy a property in 1981 at 46-48 Cannon Street Road, London, E1 0BH. The present building at 1 Cornwall Avenue, London, E2 0HW was purchased in 2005. The original

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , ), sometimes Romanization of Arabic, romanized as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any Educational institution, type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whet ...

delivered Bengali and Qur'anic classes, on average to students; in excess of 200 and aged between 5 and 16. The classes were weekdays from 5 pm to 7 pm, and weekends from 10 am to 1 pm. In 1998, the institution was renamed Darul Hadis Latifiah, after its founder, and subsequently established as a secondary school and college, where students receive a full secondary education in line with the

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as well as being educated in

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, Bengali and

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