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The Tucson Mosque, officially known as the Islamic Center of Tucson, abbreviated as ICT, is a mosque and Islamic community center in Tucson, Arizona, in the United States. [1] Situated near the University of Arizona , the society serves as both a prayer space and a community center. [ 2 ]
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The word 'mosque' entered the English language from the French word mosquée, probably derived from Italian moschea (a variant of Italian moscheta), from either Middle Armenian մզկիթ (mzkit), Medieval Greek: μασγίδιον (masgídion), or Spanish mezquita, from Arabic: مسجد, romanized: masjid (meaning "site of prostration (in prayer)" and hence a place of worship), either from ...
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Al-Masjid al-Aqṣá, [2] the former Qiblah, [15] site of the significant event of Night Journey (Isra and Mi'raj) [16], considered the third holiest site in Islam. The Qur'an does not specify the precise location of "the furthest place of prayer", and its meaning was debated by early Islamic scholars.
Plans in the next phase of building include expanding the sisters prayer area, a minaret and dome for the masjid. IAGD has a Montessori school and daycare. The IAGD is also currently looking into the possibility of opening a full-time (K-12) Islamic school in the near future. IAGD works with parents and the youth in an annual youth summer camp ...
The cathedral parish's history began with the founding of the chapel of the Royal Presidio of San Agustin in Tucson, which was constructed in 1776. [1] By the 1850s, both the presidio and its chapel had fallen out of use, so Father Joseph Machebeuf was sent to survey the condition of the area in the 1860s.
In 2011, the mosque was completing a 17,000-square-foot (1,600 m 2) building with a 62-foot (19 m) minaret, one block south of and six times larger than its prior location, which according to its leaders made it the largest Islamic center in the Southwest. [6] During its construction, it was the target of vandalism. [7]