Our History

The Hifz Madrasah was started in 2001 with just three students. Various teachers used to teach these students in different places in the Jamaica area. After hiring Hafiz Rafiqul Islam in March of 2001, JMC’s President, Dr. Mohammad Motasim Billah, gave a verbal permission to run this Madrasah as a pilot project of Jamaica Muslim Center. JMC Imam, Moulana Mirza Abu Jafar Beg proposed before the Executive Committee and the members present to take this pilot project as the project of JMC. According to that proposal, in 2003, JMC’s Executive Committee took the Hifz Madrasah as JMC’s own project. In 2004, the Hifz Madrasah’s name was officially changed to Jamiah Qur’ania Academy. Since then, JQA has grown to offer many full-time programs:

• Nazarah Course (Pre-Hifz)
•  Hifz Course (Memorization of the Holy Qur’an)
•  One-Year Intensive Arabic & Islamic Studies Course
• General Academic Curriculum (Grades: 4-12)