Our Story

We didn't set out to build an app. We set out to rebuild a habit.

MUALAQ began with a simple, uncomfortable observation: the Masjid - the one place designed to unite an entire community - had quietly become a place people visited alone.

A Question Worth Asking

Why do we call it
MUALAQ?

Every great company is named after something that matters. Our name comes from an Arabic word - and a hadith of the Prophet ﷺ - that describes exactly the person we are trying to reach.

Discover the Meaning
مُعَلَّق
Mu'allaq · Arabic
Attached. Connected. Suspended.

"…one whose heart is
attached to the Masjid."

Sahih al-Bukhari 660 · Sahih Muslim 1031

Where it started

Our founding team kept noticing the same pattern across cities and countries: Masajid full for Jummah, empty the rest of the week. Congregants who had prayed shoulder-to-shoulder for a decade, but couldn't name the person next to them. New Muslims and new residents who wanted community, but had no way to find it beyond the prayer hall door.

Technology had connected Muslims to the whole world - except to the Masjid three streets away. We built MUALAQ to close that distance.

Why now

Isolation is rising across every community, and Muslim communities are not exempt. Youth are disengaging from the Masjid. New Muslims often struggle to find their footing. Meanwhile, the tools available to Muslims are the same generic social platforms built to hold attention - not build belonging.

MUALAQ is our answer: infrastructure purpose-built for Masjid life, at a moment when the Ummah needs its third places back.

Mission

Reconnect Muslims with the Masjid and strengthen meaningful brotherhood through real-world relationships.

Vision

To become the world's largest Masjid-centered community network.

What We Stand On

Values that shape every decision

Masjid-Centered

Every feature must point back to the Masjid, not away from it. If it doesn't strengthen that connection, it doesn't belong in MUALAQ.

Built for Every Masjid

From a small storefront musalla to a large city Masjid - MUALAQ is designed to serve communities of every size.

Real Over Digital

We measure success in Jummahs attended and friendships formed - not minutes spent in the app.

Global, Yet Local

Our vision is worldwide, but every relationship we help build happens in one specific neighbourhood.

Rooted in Adab

Modesty, privacy, and Islamic etiquette guide our design choices - from how profiles work to how community is shown.

Trust First

Masajid and members share sensitive community trust with us. We treat that as sacred, not as a growth metric.

The Founding Team

Built by people who felt the gap - and decided to close it.

Iftikhar ul Haq - Founder and CEO of MUALAQ
Founder & CEO

Iftikhar ul Haq

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Iftikhar ul Haq is the Founder and CEO of MUALAQ - the Masjid-centered community platform reconnecting Muslims with their local mosque and with each other. A community builder and product strategist, Iftikhar spent years observing the growing disconnect between Muslims and the Masjid across cities worldwide, and set out to build the infrastructure to close that gap. He leads MUALAQ's vision, product direction, and community growth - driven by the belief that technology should serve the Masjid, not compete with it.

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Naveed ul Haq - Co-Founder and CTO of MUALAQ
Co-Founder & CTO

Naveed ul Haq

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Naveed ul Haq is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of MUALAQ. An engineer and builder at his core, Naveed leads the technical architecture behind MUALAQ - designing systems that are fast, private by default, and built to scale across cities and countries. He brings a rare combination of deep technical expertise and genuine community commitment, ensuring that every line of MUALAQ's code serves one purpose: getting people off their screens and back into their Masjid.

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