Sources and verification
Mosque names, addresses, websites, and jamaat times are checked against public mosque websites, official timetable providers, and approved open datasets. A mosque is published only after its public identity and timetable source pass the Directory's checks. The Directory normalises published times; it does not invent jamaat times.
Imported legacy records may be retained privately for operational history, but they are not a fallback for unverified public names, addresses, or coordinates.
Place names and address grouping use OS Open Names under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Coordinates use approved open sources or first-party knowledge. Release-specific sources and attribution are listed below, and API records state coordinate precision. Approximate postcode centroids are not building or entrance locations.
Place-name sources present in this release
- OS Open Names July 2026 — Open Government Licence v3.0
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Coordinate sources present in this release
- ONS Postcode Directory 2026-05 — Open Government Licence v3.0
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026 Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0
- OS OpenMap – Local 2026-04 — Open Government Licence v3.0
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Dataset licence
The structured dataset returned by the UK Mosque Jamaat Directory JSON snapshot is available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-By 1.0). It may be copied, used, and adapted, including commercially, subject to that licence and applicable law.
For a public work produced from the dataset, use this notice:
Contains information from the UK Mosque Jamaat Directory, which is made available under the ODC Attribution License.
If you publicly convey a substantial part or a derivative dataset, follow the notice and licence requirements in ODC-By section 4.2. The licence text controls if this summary differs from it.
What is not licensed
The ODC-By licence covers the structured public JSON dataset. It does not cover:
- Sirat's app, API, Directory, or website source code, which is proprietary;
- third-party timetable artwork, website text, photographs, logos, or trademarks; or
- private evidence, correspondence, internal review notes, or operational databases.
The licence does not imply that a mosque or source provider endorses Sirat or a reuse.
Accuracy, corrections, and questions
Times and venue details can change at short notice. Check the mosque's own source before relying on a result and refresh reused data regularly. To report a problem, use the Corrections and takedowns page. Attribution and reuse questions: [email protected].