About Darul Uloom
Built by this community.
For this community.
Darul Uloom began with a congregation that needed somewhere to pray — and a community that showed up to make it happen.
Since 2013
Our story
In 2013, Sheikh Xasan Buxane led a small group of Saint Paul Muslims in purchasing a 127-year-old building — the former Church of St. John — and converting it into a masjid. The city's Muslim population was growing fast, and there weren't enough places to pray Jumu'ah, let alone raise a family in the deen. That first congregation is why Darul Uloom exists. Everything since — the Qur'an classes, the youth programs, the Friday khutbahs, the janazahs this community has stood together for — grew out of a handful of people deciding the East Side needed a home for its Muslims.
Our community
Darul Uloom serves the Muslim families of Saint Paul's East Side — a community that includes longtime Minnesotans, recent arrivals, converts, and everyone raising kids somewhere in between. Some people here have been praying in this building since it was still being renovated. Others walked in for the first time last Jumu'ah. Both are home here.
Take part
There’s a place for you here.
Worship together
Make the masjid part of your daily life through prayer and Jumu’ah.
Keep learning
Explore Qur’an learning and Islamic studies for different stages of life.
Support the community
Ask about ways to help the center, take part in activities, or support its work through giving.
Faith and community, built together.
Our mission
We're here to help our community grow spiritually, emotionally, and socially and to give people the guidance and support they need to make good choices for themselves and their families.
Our vision
We want Darul Uloom to be the place East Side families turn to at every stage of life; from a child's first Quran lesson, to a teenager finding their footing, to a family leaning on their community in life's hardest moments.
Our Values
Knowledge that's actually usable. Doors that stay open. Support offered without anyone having to ask twice. And a masjid that belongs to the people who pray in it.
Life at the center
A place we share.
Meet our team
People who guide our community.
Small acts. Lasting good.
Help our community grow.
Your sadaqah supports a welcoming place to pray, learn, and come together.
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