The Islamic Community Center of Phoenix (ICCP), which was founded in 1982, is located at 7516 North Black Canyon Highway, along
Interstate 17, in
Phoenix, Arizona.
It is in a former
Baptist church that has been converted into the mosque, having moved into that location in 1997.
The land
deed
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s of ICCP are held by the
North American Islamic Trust
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.
Description
The mosque is the spiritual base for many of the
Valley of the Sun's 50,000 to 70,000 Muslims.
Many of the members of the congregation were originally refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere.
In 2011, the mosque was completing a building with a
minaret
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, one block south of and six times larger than its prior location, which according to its leaders made it the largest Islamic center in the Southwest.
During its construction, it was the target of vandalism. The mosque includes an
Islamic school
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. On May 29, 2015, an anti-Muslim protest occurred outside the mosque in response to the attempted
Curtis Culwell Center attack.
Usama Shami is the President of the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix.
Sheikh Mahmoud Sulaiman, an
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graduate, has served as the imam of the mosque since 2002, prior to which he was imam at the Islamic Center of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
See also
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List of mosques in the Americas
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Lists of mosques
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List of mosques in the United States
References
External links
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"How to prevent the radicalizing of Muslims; Into the Mind: The president of the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix, Usama Shami, discusses the attack in Texas" AZ Central, May 9, 2015
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Mosques in Arizona
Islamic organizations established in 1982
Religious buildings and structures in Phoenix, Arizona
1982 establishments in Arizona
Mosques completed in 1997