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Pages in category "Islam in Pennsylvania" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Pennsylvania's most populous city is Philadelphia. Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 through a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the state's namesake. Before that, between 1638 and 1655, a southeast portion of the state was part of New Sweden, a Swedish colony.
Pages in category "Muslims from Pennsylvania" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Sunni Islam, or Sunnism, is the name for the largest denomination in Islam. [ 319 ] [ 320 ] [ 321 ] The term is a contraction of the phrase "ahl as-sunna wa'l-jamaat", which means "people of the sunna (the traditions of Muhammad) and the community". [ 322 ]
As a non-profit organization, Masjid Al-Jamia is independently administered. According to City of Philadelphia property records, the owner of the mosque building, which is located at 4228 Walnut Street and which covers 12,541 square feet, is the North American Islamic Trust, Inc. [5] This organization, NAIT, identifies the building as an Islamic charitable endowment, or waqf.
Name Image Location State Year Group [a] Notes Homewood Masjid: Homewood: Alabama: 1996 Established in a former segregated high school for African American students. A dedicated mosque, community center, and private PK-12 Islamic school. [10] Islamic Community Center of Anchorage Alaska: Anchorage: Alaska: 2010 S First masjid and Islamic school ...
Jewish traders were operating in southeastern Pennsylvania long before William Penn. Furthermore, Jews in Philadelphia took a prominent part in the War of Independence. Although the majority of the early Jewish residents were of Portuguese or Spanish descent, some among them had emigrated from Germany and Poland. About the beginning of the 19th ...
bears a star and crescent and the green represents Islam [7] Flag of Iran the center emblem is a stylized form of the Arabic word Allah and its five parts represent the Five Pillars of Islam ; the red and green bands bear the Takbir [ 8 ]