World Islamic Mission


World Islamic Mission is an international Muslim organisation of Sufi-inspired Barelvi Sunni Muslims. It was established in the United Kingdom and inaugurated by Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi, Pir Syed Ma'roof Hussain Shah Arif Qadri Naushahi and Arshadul Qaudri in Mecca in 1972.

Leaders

The mosque is led by Qamaruzzaman Azmi, a Sunni Muslim scholar who was named in 2011 by Georgetown University as one of the "500 Most Influential Muslims in the World".
Shahid Raza OBE was born on 13 December 1950 in Fatahpur, India. At the invitation of the management council of Islamic Centre Leicester, he arrived in the UK in February 1978 and joined the centre to serve as its Head Imam. He moved in 1984 to London. He is also Executive Secretary and Registrar of The Muslim Law Council UK.