Dearborn Mosque

American Muslim Society (Dearborn Mosque)
American Muslim Society (Dearborn Mosque)
الجمعية الاسلامية الامريكيى (مسجد ديربورن)٠
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni
Leadership	Imam(s):Sheikh Hamood Afif
Location
Location	Dearborn, Michigan, United States
Geographic coordinates	42°18′15.9″N 83°08′37.0″W / 42.304417°N 83.143611°WCoordinates: 42°18′15.9″N 83°08′37.0″W / 42.304417°N 83.143611°W
Architecture
Completed	1937
Specifications
Capacity	2,000
Dome(s)	1
Minaret(s)	2
Website
	amsdearborn.org

Dearborn Mosque is a mosque belonging to the (الجمعية الإسلامية الامريكية) in Dearborn, Michigan. It was built in 1937 by the nascent Islamic community (then mostly Sunni Muslims from the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon), and was only the second mosque constructed in the United States.^[1] The building is three stories high and almost an entire city block on the intersection of Vernor and Dix Streets.

The number of people attending grew rapidly through the 1960s to 1980s. In the early 1980s, the mosque obtained a court order permitting it to broadcast the call to prayer using loudspeakers, overruling objections from some of its neighbors; it was the first mosque in America to do so. The court ruled that it was the Muslim equivalent of church bells.^[1]^[2]

The mosque is led by Sheikh Hamood Afif; before him, it was led by Sheikh Mohamed Musa for many years.

Dearborn Mosque is not to be confused with the Islamic Center of America, also in Dearborn, which was the nation's largest mosque when it opened in 2005.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "In the Way of the Prophet: Ideologies and Institutions in Dearborn, Michigan, America's Muslim Capitol". The Next American City magazine. October 2003. Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
^ "About us". Official site. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
^ New Dearborn mosque to be the nation's largest. Michigan Daily, January 7, 2004. Retrieved February 16, 2009.

External links[]

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[americancity-1] "In the Way of the Prophet: Ideologies and Institutions in Dearborn, Michigan, America's Muslim Capitol". The Next American City magazine. October 2003. Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved March 23, 2010.

[2] "About us". Official site. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

[3] New Dearborn mosque to be the nation's largest. Michigan Daily, January 7, 2004. Retrieved February 16, 2009.

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v t Religious landmarks in metropolitan Detroit
This includes houses of worship, but does not include schools.
Religious landmarks along Woodward Ave. (address #)	St. John's Episcopal Church (2326) Woodward Avenue Baptist Church (demolished) First Unitarian Church (2870) First Presbyterian Church (2930) Temple Beth-El (3424) Cathedral Church of St. Paul (4800) Our Lady of the Rosary (5930) Metropolitan United Methodist Church (8000) First Baptist Church (8501) Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church (8501) North Woodward Congregational Church (8715) Temple Beth-El (8801) Saint Joseph's Temple Baptist Church / King Solomon Baptist ChurchEpiscopal Church (8830) Central Woodward Christian Church (9000) Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament (9844) Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (12375) Trinity United Methodist Church (13100) First United Methodist Church (16300) Central United Methodist Church (23 East Adams) First Congregational Church (33 Forest) Highland Park Presbyterian Church (14 Cortland) Mariners' Church (170 East Jefferson)
City (also \|Hamtramck)	Al-Islah Mosque (Hamtramck) Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Cass Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Chapel of St. Theresa-the Little Flower Christ Church Detroit Fort Street Presbyterian Church Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church Historic Trinity Lutheran Church Most Holy Redeemer Church Sacred Heart Chaldean Church Sacred Heart Major Seminary Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Convent and Rectory St. Albertus Roman Catholic Church St. Aloysius Saint Andrew's Memorial Episcopal Church Ste. Anne de Detroit Catholic Church St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church (demolished) St. Bonaventure Monastery St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church St. Florian Church (Hamtramck) St. James Episcopal (Grosse Ile) St. John's-St. Luke's Evangelical St. Josaphat's St. Joseph Catholic Church St. Mary Roman Catholic Church Saints Peter and Paul Church Saints Peter and Paul Academy St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Roman Catholic Church St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church (demolished) Second Baptist Church Sweetest Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church Temple Baptist Church – King Solomon Baptist Church Trinity Episcopal Church Tushiyah United Hebrew School – Scott Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Suburban	Christ Church Chapel (Grosse Pointe) Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills) Dearborn Mosque Detroit Temple, Church of the Latter Day Saints (Bloomfield Hills) Duns Scotus College (Southfield) Grosse Pointe Memorial Church (Grosse Pointe) Islamic Center of America (Dearborn) First Albanian Bektashi Tekke in America (Taylor) Kirk in the Hills (Bloomfield Hills) Mother of God Cathedral (Southfield) National Shrine of the Little Flower (Royal Oak) Nardin Park United Methodist Church (Farmington Hills) Piety Hill Historic District (Lapeer) St. Hugo in the Hills Catholic Church (Bloomfield Hills) St. Mary Church (Monroe) Saint Paul Catholic Church (Grosse Pointe Farms) Congregation Shaarey Zedek (Southfield) Temple Beth El (Bloomfield Hills)
See also: Architecture of metropolitan Detroit

v t Mosques in the United States
Alaska	Islamic Community Center of Anchorage Alaska
Arizona	Islamic Community Center of Phoenix Tucson Mosque
California	Baitul Hameed Mosque Islamic Center of Irvine Islamic Center of Orange County Islamic Center of Riverside Islamic Center of Southern California King Fahad Mosque Masjid Annur Islamic Center Women's Mosque of America
Connecticut	Islamic Center of Connecticut
Illinois	Al-Sadiq Mosque Baitul Jaamay Mosque Islamic Foundation Islamic Foundation North Mosque Maryam Masjid Darussalam Mosque Foundation Muslim Community Center
Iowa	Mother Mosque of America
Maryland	Baitur Rehman Mosque Diyanet Center of America Imam Mahdi Islamic Education Center of Baltimore Islamic Society of Baltimore Islamic Society of Western Maryland
Massachusetts	Arabic Jumma Mosque Islamic Society of Boston Islamic Society of Greater Lowell Mosque No. 11 Quincy Mosque Sharon Mosque Worcester Mosque
Michigan	Al-Islah Mosque Dearborn Mosque First Albanian Bektashi Tekke in America Islamic Association of Greater Detroit Islamic Center and Mosque of Grand Rapids Islamic Center of America
Missouri	Islamic Center of Central Missouri St. Louis Islamic Center
Nevada	Masjid As-Sabur
New Mexico	Dar al-Islam
New York	Hazrati Abu Bakr Siddique Hudson Valley Islamic Community Center Islamic Association of Long Island Islamic Cultural Center of New York Islamic Society of Central New York Masjid al-Ikhlas Masjid Al-Mamoor Masjid Hamza Masjid Malcolm Shabazz Mid-Hudson Islamic Association Powers Street Mosque
Ohio	Islamic Society of Greater Dayton Noor Islamic Cultural Center
Oregon	Masjid As-Saber Rizwan Mosque
Pennsylvania	Islamic Center of Pittsburgh Masjid Al-Jamia Mosque No. 12 Mosque of Shaikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen North Penn Mosque Philly Mosque
Tennessee	Islamic Center of Murfreesboro
Texas	Baitus Samee Mosque East Plano Islamic Center Islamic Association of North Texas Islamic Center of Greater Austin Islamic Center of Irving Islamic Society of Greater Houston (Al-Noor Mosque · Masjid Al-Ansaar (Woodland Islamic Center) · Pearland Islamic Center)
Virginia	All Dulles Area Muslim Society Dar Al-Hijrah
Washington D.C.	Islamic Center of Washington
Category Islam in the United States Mosques by country

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