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About the Gatton Masjid (Mosque)The Lockyer Valley Islamic Association was established in 2011 in Gatton, Queensland to serve the needs of the local Muslim Community.
The Lockyer Valley is an hour west of Brisbane and 30 mins from Toowoomba. The region includes Gatton, Laidley, Plainland and the surrounding towns and has a total population of around 41000. Over the years the Muslim population in the Valley has been mainly migrants from Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan and a sprinkling from other countries and more the recent migrants include the Sudanese, Burmese Rohingya and Bangladeshi Muslims as well as a student population from Malaysia, Indonesia and Pakistan who have made the Valley their home. The Gatton Mosque is open for the 5 daily Salah (prayers) , including Juma'ah (Friday) Prayers, and Taraweeh Salah in Ramadan. The Centre has fully functional male and female prayer facilities, temporary ablution facilities but is still undergoing some external renovations. The remaining external works includes fencing, retaining walls and a new ablution facility. The activities of the LVIA are open to all communities, and we welcome visitors to the Mosque. |
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Our History in the Valley |
LVIA established in 2011, and first place of prayer for the Valley established in 2013.
In June 2013 a Musallah (Place of Prayer) was established. The Centre was initially situated in North Street, and served the community for till 2022. In 2018 the community purchased a 1 acre property at 225 Woodlands Road, Gatton, and received approval from the Lockyer Valley Regional Council for a place of worship. This has now become the first permanent Mosque (place of worship) in the Lockyer Valley, for the Muslim Community. Whilst still being renovated the Mosque opened on the 18 March 2022, with first Friday prayer being performed by Imam Ikraam Buksh, of Academy Alive in Brisbane. This saw the opening of the first permanent Mosque in the Lockyer Valley. The Mosque for Muslims is much more than a place or worship, its a community hub for all activities in the life of Muslims, including education, sport, culture, interfaith dialogue. The activities of the Mosque is open to all faiths and to those with none, and is considered a space of peace and to attain guidance through the teachings of the Quran and the Sunnah (practices of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)). In the 90's the Turkish community had a musallah (prayer facility) on the corner of William and Spencer Streets. |
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