Central Jamaat-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat
Central Jamaat-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat
- The congregation was founded in 1976 after a group of Sufi-oriented first-generation Pakistani immigrants split from the Islamic Cultural Centre. The Musjid has later seen many splits and internal conflicts. In 1984 a faction split to form a World Islamic Mission congregation, and in 1989 the founder Ahmad Mustaq Chisti was expelled, which resulted in street fights outside the Musjid. Internal family-based power struggles about the leadership in the congregation led to violent fights in the Musjid in 2006.
- In 2006 a new Musjid building, Jamea Masjid was opened in Motzfeldts gate 10, with 6,200 square meters (67,000 sq ft) and room for 2,500 people. The Musjid cost kr 93 million (US$14.5 million) to construct, financed through loans and wealthy Pakistanis.
- The Musjid’s imam Nehmat Ali Shah was in 2014 assaulted and stabbed outside his home. Two men (including the alleged planner of the attack, a man of Pakistani background), were later arrested for the attack charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm. A woman was also charged with attempting to cover up the crime. The following year, Musjid chairman Ghulam Sarwar was assaulted outside his home.
- The Musjid was one of five Musjids that founded the Islamic Council Norway, an umbrella group of Muslims in Norway, in 1993.