Islamic Center of America
- Islamic Center of America
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location = Dearborn, Michigan
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consecration_year = 2005
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website = http://www.icofa.com/aboutus/landmark.html
architect = David Donnellon
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construction_cost = $14 million
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dome_height_outer = 150-feet
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minaret_quantity = 2
minaret_height = 10 stories tall
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materials =The Islamic Center of America is a mosque in Dearborn, Michigan, opened in 2005, that claims to be the largest in North America. [ [http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2004/01/07/News/New-Dearborn.Mosque.To.Be.The.Nations.Largest-1421179.shtml New Dearborn mosque to be the nation's largest] . Michigan Daily, 2004-01-07. Retrieved 2007-10-11.] [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/23/npoll223.xml Islam's US faithful are happy to embrace the American dream] , Daily Telegraph, 2005-07-23. ] It caters mainly to the Shi'a Muslim congregation; however, all Muslims may attend the mosque.
The Islamic Center of America is located at 19500 Ford Road in Dearborn. The institution was founded in 1963 by Muhammad Jawad Chirri, who remained its director until his death in 1994. The current Imam is Sayed Hassan Al-Qazwini.
ee also
*Dearborn Mosque, an older mosque in the same city
External links
* [http://americancity.org/article.php?id_article=72 In the Way of the Prophet: Ideologies and Institutions in Dearborn, Michigan, America's Muslim Capitol] , at AmericanCity.org
* [http://www.icofa.com/ The Islamic Center of America]
* [http://www.qazwini.org Imam Sayed Hassan Al-Qazwini]
References
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