page_title: Moulvibazar District
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Moulvibazar District / Religion
caption_attribution_description: বাংলা: রবির বাজার জামে মসজিদ This is a photo of a monument in Bangladesh identified by the ID BD-G-38-37
context_page_description: Moulvibazar also spelled Maulvibazar, Moulavibazar, and Maulavibazar, is the southeastern district of Sylhet Division in northeastern Bangladesh, named after the town of Moulvibazar. It is bordered by the Indian states of Tripura and Assam to the south and east, respectively; and by the Bangladeshi districts of Habiganj to the west and Sylhet to the north.
context_section_description: The district of Moulvibazar consists 2967 mosques, 613 temples, 56 churches and 22 Buddhist temples. Notable mosques include the Mosque of Shah Mustafa, Goyghor Mosque, Jiladpur Mosque, and the Lawachara Jame Mosque. The revivalist Deobandi movement is popular in with Jamia Luthfia Anwarul Uloom Hamidnagar being a notable centre in Srimangal and many are part of the Tablighi Jamaat. Another Islamic institution is the Sujaul Senior Fazil Madrasha in Barlekha.
  An small minority of Shia Muslims gather during Ashura every year at the Nawab Bari in Prithimpasha, which was home to an aristocratic Shia family in Kulaura. Begum Talib-un-Nisa Khatun of Prithimpasha's Chhoto Saheb Bari established the famous Rabir Bazar Jame Masjid in the late 18th century.
caption: The ancient Rabir Bazar Jame Masjid in Kulaura.
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