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The Jama Masjid Nerul, also known as the Nerul Aalami Markaz and as the Masjid-E-Tabligh, is a
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, affiliated with the "shura" faction of the
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, located in East
Nerul Nerul (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, eɾuːɭ is a residential and commercial node in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Nerul is located in the Harbour line (Mumbai Suburban Railway), Harbour Line, Trans-Harbour line (Mumbai Suburban R ...
, in
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, in the state of
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, India. The mosque is the oldest and largest mosque in Nerul and one of the main mosques of Navi Mumbai. The mosque serves as the headquarters for the shura faction of the Tablighi Jamaat and is led by scholars Ahmad Laat and Ebrahim Dewla.


Architecture

The Jama Masjid was completed in 1995 and subsequently became a three-storied building. The building does not have any pillars inside the main prayer hall and can accommodate approximately 2,000 worshippers for daily prayers and worshippers on Eid prayers.


2015 leadership controversy in Tablighi Jamat

The leadership of the Tablighi Jamat split in 2015 when
Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi (born 10 May 1965) is an Indian Muslim scholar and preacher. He is the great-grandson of the Tablighi Jamat founder Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi. He heads the Nizamuddin faction of the Tablighi Jamat. Early life Saad K ...
claimed to be the sole leader of Tablighi Jamat. It ended up in two groups, one headed by Kandhlawi at
Nizamuddin Markaz Mosque The Nizamuddin Markaz Mosque, also called Banglewali Masjid, is a Sunni mosque located in Nizamuddin West in South Delhi, India. It is the birthplace and global centre of the Tablighi Jamaat, the missionary and reformist movement started by Muha ...
, in Delhi, and the other headed by the "shura", based at Jama Masjid in Nerul. Ebrahim Dewla, Ahmed Laat, and others were appointed to lead the "shura" group.


Gallery

Jama Masjid Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra (Nerul Aalami Markaz) 5.jpg, The two
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s


See also

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2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi A Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation that took place in Delhi's Nizamuddin Markaz Mosque in early March 2020 was a COVID-19 super-spreader event, with more than 4,000 confirmed cases and at least 27 deaths linked to the event reported ac ...


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1995 establishments in India 20th-century mosques in India
Nerul Nerul (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, eɾuːɭ is a residential and commercial node in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Nerul is located in the Harbour line (Mumbai Suburban Railway), Harbour Line, Trans-Harbour line (Mumbai Suburban R ...
Indo-Islamic mosques Mosque buildings with minarets in India Mosques completed in 1995 Mosques in Mumbai Sunni mosques in India Tablighi Jamaat Markaz {{India-mosque-stub