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When a larger local mosque, the Islamic Center of Cedar Rapids, was built in 1971, the building was sold. Successive owners over the next 20 years allowed it to fall into disrepair. [3] The mosque seen from the northwest. In 1991, the Islamic Council of Iowa purchased the building, refurbished it and restored its status as a Muslim cultural center.
However, the first "purpose-built" mosque, the Mother Mosque of America, was built in 1934 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. [ 5 ] In 1994, the Islamic Center of Yuba City, in California , was destroyed by a fire set in a hate-crime, the first mosque destroyed by a hate crime in U.S. history.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa United States: 1934 Oldest extant purpose-built mosque in the United States Al-Rashid Mosque: Edmonton, Alberta Canada: 1938 First purpose-built mosque in Canada. Westmoreland and Spanish Town Jamaica: 1950s [70] Constructed by the Islamic Society of Jamaica, which was founded in 1950. Bridgetown Mosque: Bridgetown Barbados ...
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1934: The oldest continuously and still standing building built specifically to be a mosque was established in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The mosque is where Abdullah Igram a notable Muslim veteran would teach the Quran, Abdullah Igram later wrote a letter to President Eisenhower persuading him to add the M option (for Muslims) on military dog tags.
The mosque, which opened in 2005, serves 5,000 to 6,000 people, though prayer attendance on any given day is lower than that. Attendance grew by about 3% per year from 2012-2016, accelerating to ...
The mosque first expanded in November 2001, with more prayer space, a gym that hosted basketball games for Muslim youths, classrooms for Islamic schools on the weekends similar to Sunday schools ...
Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company: May 8, 2017 : 525 Valor Way, SW: Cedar Rapids: 25: Cedar Rapids Post Office and Public Building: Cedar Rapids Post Office and Public Building: November 10, 1982 : 305 2nd Ave., SE.