Registered Charity: 1142489

Tell me about this project?

Keighley Al-Hidaayah Foundation is currently working on an ambitious and visionary project to create a purpose built an Education Centre at the heart of the Muslim community in Keighley. This new establishment will cater for the Muslim brothers and sisters, families, the elderly, mothers, fathers, the youth, our children and all those in the wider community. We aim to provide a sanctuary for prayer and knowledge that will preserve the Islamic identity, encompass the true beauty of Islam and unite us to attain success and goodness. We also believe that this centre will greatly complement existing facilities in the vicinity and meet the spiritual, social and civic needs of Muslims across Keighley and beyond. We aim to tap the Islamic community’s potential in providing services and positively contributing to the well being of the residents of Keighley.

In our multicultural, multiracial and predominantly non-Muslim society, Al-Hidaayah Foundation aspires to lead as an exemplar place of worship and learning and hopes to help remove the misrepresented image of Islam in our society. We aim to create a centre of excellence by promoting community cohesion by working in collaboration and in partnership with the local Muslims and Non Muslims as well as being active member in interfaith dialogue.     

Why is this Education Centre needed in Keighley?

This new Education Centre project emerged from the need to create an environment that will enable the local Muslims to fulfil their religious duties, raise their families and reach out to the larger society. The proposed Education Centre project will be providing praying facilities for men & women and will also include:

  • A Recreational area for youths/children
  • Classrooms for supplementary education
  • On site Car park
  • Communal Janaza Facility
  • Day centre for the elderly with Steam/Sauna facilities
  • A Library and a resource centre
  • Café and kitchen space
  • Dedicated educational facilities for sisters
  • State-of-the-art gymnasium for sisters
  • Seminar/conferencing facilities

Tell me about the Educational aspect and how it will benefit my children?  

This new Education project aims to provide a caring learning environment for our pupils and to provide both basic and elementary Islamic education to Muslim children irrespective of their race, colour, ethnicity or geographical background. Our teachers are UK qualified scholars and English speaking and will undergo CRB checks and participate child protection training.  

Our intention is to create and maintain an atmosphere that promotes teaching, learning and achievement of the highest quality thereby enabling every individual the opportunity to acquire and develop the knowledge, skills and outstanding that will prepare and facilitate them throughout their life.    

Our principle objectives are:

  • To provide a safe nurturing environment for our pupils
  • To enrich Islamic values and beliefs in the hearts of our pupils in light of the Quraan and Sunnah.
  •  To promote a centre of excellence from within an Islamic environment enriched with the values of discipline and respect
  • To present a curriculum that is intellectually simulating and appropriate.
  • To provide instruction that encourages development of Islamic morals and values and practice upon them.
  • To ensure all pupils are treated fairly and equally.
  • Recognise the need to respond to the children’s individual needs.
  • Constantly strive to raise standards of learning and achievement
  • To adopt a professional approach with Madrasah related issues.   
  • To foster values of good citizenship within our environment