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Daayiee Abdullah (Arabic: داعي عبد الله, born Sidney Thompson) [1] [2] is an American Imam based in Washington, D.C. [1] [3] [4] Abdullah is said to be one of four living openly gay Imams in the world (the others being Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed of France, El-Farouk Khaki of Toronto's el-Tawhid Juma Circle/The Unity Mosque, and Nur Warsame of Australia).
Islamic Center of Washington, 2016. Islam in Washington, D.C. is the third largest religion, after Christianity and Judaism. As of 2014, Muslims were 2% of Greater Washington's population. [1] Around 50,000 Muslims live in DC. DC's Muslim history dates to the early 1600s, when the first Muslim residents were enslaved and free African Americans. [2]
Howar (Mohammed Issa Abu Al Hawa, 1879–1982) and other Muslim diplomats helped found and provide early funding to a committee to build a mosque in the U.S. capital. In 1948, Howar, placing a silver dollar on the ground for luck, began work at the site. [2] The mosque was completed in 1954 and dedicated by President Dwight Eisenhower on June ...
Yadgar Mosque, the "first" mosque of Rabwah. Rabwah. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community established itself in Rabwah on September 30, 1948. [4] Rabwah was a town founded and created by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the time of its Second Caliph, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad and was named ‘Rabwah’ by the Ahmadiyya Missionary Jalal-ud-Din Shams.
The Fazl Mosque in Washington, D.C. was established by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in 1950 and is the first mosque in the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. [1] Its full title is the American Fazl Mosque, which helps to distinguish it from its sister mosque, the Fazl Mosque, London, both of which were the first mosques in the capitals of the U.S. and the U.K., respectively.
The Blue Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif. Muhammad Jaunpuri shrine, Farah, Farah Province; Khwaja 'Abd Allah Ansari shrine, Herat, Herat Province; Shrine of Ali Karam Allah Wajho ("the Blue Mosque"), Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge followed in the late Princess Diana's footsteps to kick off their fourth day of the royal tour of Pakistan. Kate Middleton stuns in turquoise to visit the same ...
Pages in category "Mosques in Washington, D.C." The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.