In 1984 a faction split to form a World Islamic Mission congregation, and in 1989 the founder Ahmad Mustaq Chisti was expelled, which resulted in street fights outside the mosque.

[3] In 2006 a new mosque building, Jamea Masjid was opened in Motzfeldts gate 10, with 6,200 square metres (67,000 sq ft) and room for 2,500 people.

[1] On April 6, 2024, a white supremacist threatened and supposedly planned an attack on the mosque using an assault rifle, using the social network app, Discord.

[13] In a press conference by the congregation after his return to Norway it was announced that Shah would continue in his position (since 1992) as the mosque's head imam.

In 2007, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre praised Shah for "defending freedom of religion" after the Oslo Synagogue attack.