Shahidi Mosque

Shahidi Masjid (Bengali: শহীদী মসজিদ, Arabic: المسجد الشهيدي) is a three-storey mosque of Kishoreganj District, Bangladesh.[1] It has a 5-storey minaret attached to it.[2]

Shahidi Masjid
শহীদী মসজিদ
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
MunicipalityKishoregonj
CountryBangladesh
Geographic coordinates24.4342°N 90.7848°E / 24.4342; 90.7848

History

The mosque was previously known as the Jame Masjid. On 24 October 1942, in the midst of communal tensions, police fired on worshipers in the mosque, killing several. After that it was renamed Shahidi Masjid (Martyrs Mosque).[3][4]

In 1938, Athar Ali Bengali arrived to Kishoreganj where he rebuilt the mosque and served as an imam there. In 1945, Ali established the Jamia Emdadia Madrasa in Kishoreganj on the premises of the mosque. He established the 5-storey minaret in 1957.[5]

References
  1. "Historical Shahidi Mosque". Kishoreganj District.
  2. শহীদী-মসজিদ,-কিশোরগঞ্জ. Kishoreganj District (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  3. Chatterjee, Chhanda (2020). Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the Hindu Dissent and the Partition of Bengal, 1932-1947. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-16378-0.
  4. প্রতিষ্ঠাতা মুজাহিদে মিল্লাত হযরত মাওলানা আতহার আলী (রহঃ) এর সংক্ষিপ্ত জীবনালেখ্য. www.aljamiatulimdadia.org.bd (in Bengali).
  5. "Memoir of the Graduates of the Dar al-Ulum, Deoband: Maulana Athar Ali Bengali". History of the Dar Al-Ulum Deoband. Vol. 2. Idara-e Ihtemam. 1980. pp. 101–102.


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