Al-Farooq Masjid
| Al-Farooq Masjid | |
|---|---|
 Al-Farooq Masjid (2020) | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Location | |
| Location | 442 14th Street Atlanta |
| State | Georgia |
| Country | United States |
  Shown within Atlanta  Al-Farooq Masjid (Georgia)  Al-Farooq Masjid (the United States) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 33°47′8″N 84°24′4″W / 33.78556°N 84.40111°W |
| Architecture | |
| Date established | 1980 |
| Completed | 2008 |
| Construction cost | $10 million |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Website | |
| alfarooqmasjid.org | |
Al-Farooq Masjid is a mosque in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1980, the mosque is one of the largest in the Southeastern United States. The current building, located in Atlanta's Home Park neighborhood, was completed in 2008.
History
Al-Farooq Masjid was founded in 1980 in response to a growing population of
K-8 school,[7][1] and in 1992 another school was opened, focusing on Islamic studies.[1] Al-Farooq later established an affiliated mosque in Norcross, Georgia.[1]
In 1999, the mosque began a series of renovations,Friday prayer sessions.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Barzegar 2010, p. 69.
- Pluralism Project. Harvard University. March 28, 2013. Archivedfrom the original on October 2, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
- ^ a b Karim 2009, p. 167.
- ^ Barzegar 2010, pp. 68–70.
- ^ Thangaraj 2015, p. 47.
- ^ a b Ramey 2006, p. 80.
- ^ Karim 2009, p. 169.
- ^ a b c d Curiel 2015, p. 63.
Bibliography
- Barzegar, Abbas (2010). Curtis IV, Edward E. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History. ISBN 978-1-4381-3040-8.
- ISBN 978-0-85772-483-0.
- Karim, Jamillah (2009). American Muslim Women: Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender Within the Ummah. ISBN 978-0-8147-4809-1.
- Ramey, Steven (2006). Hill, Samuel S. (ed.). The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 1: Religion. ISBN 978-0-8078-7716-6.
- Thangaraj, Stanley (2015). King, C. Richard (ed.). Asian American Athletes in Sport and Society. ISBN 978-1-317-59532-8.
External links
Media related to Al-Farooq Masjid at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
