New Peckham Mosque is a branch of Islamic Community Milli Görüş (ICMG), a well-established Islamic community that provides religious, social and cultural services for Muslims and wider society. Serving according to the principles of ʾAhl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamāʿah, ICMG is guided by the Qur’ān, Sunnah, Ijmāʿ and Qiyās in teaching, practising and transmitting Islam to future generations. Through education, irshad, worship, social support, community engagement and humanitarian service, ICMG works to strengthen faith, morality, justice, solidarity and responsibility in all aspects of life.

“And let there be [arising] from you a group of people inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.”  ‘Āli ‘Imrān, 3:104

WHO WE ARE

The Islamic Community Millî Görüş (ICMG) is a faith-based community and civil society organization that provides religious, social, and cultural services. Its mission is to support the learning, practice, transmission, and representation of Islam, ensuring that its principles are reflected in daily life. Politically and financially independent, ICMG represents Muslims in religious, social, and cultural matters, addresses their concerns, and works to safeguard their fundamental rights.

The Qur’ān and the Sunnah form the foundation of ICMG’s understanding of Islam. In this view, Islam is not confined to the mosque but embraces every dimension of individual and communal life. It calls believers to moral values, as well as to personal and collective responsibility. ICMG does not regard Islam as bound to any one region or cultural tradition but as a universal faith lived by the guidance of the Qur’ān and the Sunnah of our beloved Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Diversity in religious practice is seen as a source of enrichment for faith and community life.

Members of ICMG, while maintaining ties with their countries of origin, also see themselves as integral to the societies where they live, embracing their countries of residence as their homelands. In this spirit, ICMG considers contributing to the peace and prosperity of these societies part of its responsibility. At the same time, as members of the global Muslim community, it regards attentiveness to the challenges faced by the ummah as a religious obligation.

With a consciousness of responsibility toward all humanity, ICMG stands with the oppressed and vulnerable, opposes all forms of injustice, and promotes core human values such as kindness and solidarity. It plays an active role in addressing economic, political, and social challenges, engaging in ongoing dialogue with public institutions and civil society organizations. Inspired by the Prophetic injunctions, “Compete with one another in goodness and piety,” “The best of people are those who are most beneficial to others,” and “Make things easy, do not make them difficult,” ICMG seeks to build social relations on common ground and shared values rather than divisions.

Just as certain obligations in Islam such as acts of worship that require communal participation, can only be fulfilled collectively, so too can the protection of the poor and vulnerable, the fight against injustice, the promotion of good, the prevention of wrongdoing, and the pursuit of justice in social relations be carried out only through collective effort. This need for community has been a unifying force, encouraging Muslims, particularly in Europe and across other continents to gather under the umbrella of IGMG (ICMG in the UK).