With your support we can expand our work providing the guidance, education, and community that new Muslims need to thrive in their faith.

Guidance – Drawn from Experience. 

Since the late 1960s, our community has been engaged in welcoming people to the deen. We have a legacy of experience in guiding new Muslims in their faith and a deep, often personal, understanding of how to support and nurture people in their first years of practicing Islam. We understand that new Muslims often face questions about lifestyle changes from friends and family, experience periods of uncertainty and adjustment and need a supportive community to aide them. Shifa Mosque will serve as a warm and welcoming environment for learning and observation, made all the richer by the hugely diverse backgrounds of our community members and those among us who also made the journey to Islam.

Education – Focusing on the Foundations

 As well as emphasising formal study through classes on Islamic basics, Qur’an, and Arabic, our support structure offers experienced mentors to guide new Muslims and a safe space where questions are encouraged, and mistakes are met with patience and compassion. In line with our holistic approach, our goals are for new Muslims to experience and imbibe good adab, and be able to independently integrate Islam into their daily life.

Community – Building a Support Network

We have found that social support for new Muslims is key to helping them gain confidence in their prayers and their practice beyond the formal learning environment. Shifa Mosque will provide plenty of opportunities for new Muslims to meet with other Muslims, forging friendships and learning by observation and exposure to good company.  Joining in and contributing to the mosque’s garden, food bank, soup kitchen, free market or social calendar, will help new Muslims find a sense of inclusion and belonging.