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The center was founded in 1952 and occupied a rented property on Fountain Avenue in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. When the center was established, it was the only mosque in Greater Los Angeles. It served a very small community of Muslim families and many early attendants were foreign Muslims attending local universities. [1]
In 1994, the Islamic Center of Yuba City, in California, was destroyed by a fire set in a hate-crime, the first mosque destroyed by a hate crime in U.S. history. It had just been completed at the cost of $1.8 million plus sweat equity of the Muslims of its rural community, including descendants of Pakistan who immigrated to the area c. 1902.
The Islamic Foundation of Shaikh Ibn Taymiyyah preceded the mosque. It supervised its planning, design, etc., and now owns and operates the mosque (as well as that of two other Southern California mosques — Masjid al Salam in central Los Angeles, and Islamic Center of Riverside, California — and supervises "Zamzam Schools" for "girls' education and the memorization of the Qur'an").
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Synagogues in Los Angeles (16 P) Pages in category "Religious buildings and structures in Los Angeles" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The Muslim community in Victoria seems very tight-knit, and you show how its members were involved in the town. ... of a huge church [Parkway Church] ... It could be as big as Los Angeles, or as ...
Al-Zahra Mosque is one of the Shiite mosques of the United States [5] [6] [7] that was founded in 1990 in the city of Los Angeles, California.This Shi'i mosque has been a place for Shia Muslims in order to meet the needs of the Los Angeles Shi'a community since its founding date.