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This is a list of lists of mosques in North America, including mosques in Central America, sorted by country. This list is incomplete; ...
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.
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There is a notable population of American Muslims in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.Dallas-Fort Worth is home to sixty-two Sunni mosques and five Shia mosques. [1] [2] According to Abdel Rahman Murphy, a Chicago-born, Irving-based Islamic teacher and Muslim community leader, other U.S.-based Muslims now refer to Dallas as the "Medina of America". [3]
An estimated 1.68% of the Texas population is Muslim, making it the fifth largest religious group in the state and first in the nation in number of Muslims, according to the Texas Almanac. About ...
'A Town Called Victoria,' a PBS docuseries premiering Monday, follows the aftermath of a fire at a South Texas mosque and demonstrates how divisive politics have frayed American communities.
In 1854, a church and convent were built by Father Peter La Cour near the town's present site. The town began forming in 1878 when Charles Lander Cleveland, a local judge, donated 63.6 acres (257,000 m 2) of land to the Houston East & West Texas Railway (now part of the Union Pacific Railroad) for use as a stop, requesting that the town be named for him.
Clyde X (1931 – February 14, 2009), also known as Clyde Rahman, was a religious leader associated with the Nation of Islam.Most of his work for the NOI was in St. Louis, Missouri and Cleveland, Ohio.