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The Islamic Center of America original 1963 mosque in Detroit is pictured in the background in 2002. The character changed in Detroit's Islam in the 1970s when the conversions of the members of the Nation of Islam to mainstream Islam took place, and when immigration from India, southern Lebanon, Pakistan, and Palestine occurred. [1] B. D.
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The Islamic Center of America outgrew its original Detroit location and in 2005 moved to its present location on Ford Road in Dearborn. The Detroit mosque at the center's original site is now known as the Az-Zahra Center, where prayers services are still offered.
Old Islam in Detroit: Rediscovering the Muslim American Past is a 2014 book by Sally Howell, published by the Oxford University Press. It discusses the Muslims of early 20th century Detroit, Michigan , and Detroit prior to 1970.
In 2014, a chapter of The Satanic Temple was established in Detroit and the membership at the time was 20 people. The leader was Jex Blackmore, who was raised in Metro Detroit and had graduated from the University of Michigan. [11] The Satanic Temple spokesperson, Lucien Greaves, originated from Metro Detroit as well. [12]
IAGD (Islamic Association of Greater Detroit) has been in the Rochester Hills community for over 40 years. Along with the mosque, IAGD has a Montessori school, Sunday Islamic school, and a gymnasium for sports activity. Regular events include five daily prayer services, a monthly community dinner, and an annual family fair event.
The Detroit Free Press reported in 1924 that the constant traffic and noise in the area made the location unsuitable for a mosque. The lack of sufficient funding may have also been a problem, and people had varying visions for how it should have been built. [ 4 ]
A February 6, 1900 article in the Detroit Free Press stated that "Detroit's Colony of Syrians" included 75-100 people, mostly Lebanese Maronites. [12] The Lebanese worked as peddlers and shopkeepers. Henry Ford 's factories had 555 Syrian employees, including many recently-arrived Muslims, by 1916. 9,000 Arabic-speakers were among the residents ...