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Irving is located in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It is estimated that there are 100,000 Muslims in DFW Metroplex. It is estimated that there are 100,000 Muslims in DFW Metroplex. [ citation needed ] The center's goal is to serve the Muslim population by providing a Mosque, which is a place to pray, and Islamic School of Irving .
The building was redesigned by Sabbath Brown, and in 1976 the mosque was renamed Malcolm Shabazz Mosque, (by Wallace D. Muhammad, the new leader of the Nation of Islam), or Masjid Malcolm Shabazz, to honor the memory and contributions of Malcolm X. In 1972, the mosque was the location of a controversial shooting of a NYPD officer. [3]
East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC Masjid) Plano: Texas: 2015 S Islamic Association of North Texas: Richardson, Texas: Texas: 1969 S Islamic Center of Greater Austin: Austin: Texas: 1977 S Islamic Center of Irving: Irving: Texas: 1991 S One of the largest mosques in the United States established in 1991 with 3,000 weekly worshippers.
Expanded in the 1980s to become the largest mosque in Barbados. [1] Madina Mosque: Bridgetown: 1957 [2] Belize. Name Images Location Year Remarks Al-Falah Mosque
Malcolm Shabazz was born in Paris on October 8, 1984. [1] His father, L. A. Bouasba, was an Algerian Muslim whom his mother, Qubilah Shabazz, an African American Quaker and former Muslim, was the second daughter of Malcolm X. [2] His mother is of African-American, African-Grenadian, English and Scottish descent.
The civil rights activist had six children: Attallah, Qubilah, Ilyasah, Gamilah, Malikah and Malaak
During this period of changes, the community around the association grew so large, that Dr. Yusuf Ziya Kavakci, a well known Turkish scholar who served as the Imam of the Masjid at that time, initiated the IQA Quranic Academy, with the goal of generating scholars of the future to serve the entire nation. Another project by Dr. Kavakci was the ...
The family of the slain civil rights leader accused the U.S. government of having a “corrupt, unlawful, and unconstitutional” relationship with Malcolm X's killer