Islamic Community Center Anchorage Alaska

The Islamic Community Center of Anchorage Alaska is an Islamic organisation in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. According to its site, the congregation includes Muslims from Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as converted native Alaskans.

The organisation is currently constructing Alaska's first mosque, which will be the second-most northern mosque in the world after the Norilsk mosque. It is located at Spring Street and E. 80th Avenue in Anchorage.

Broke ground October 2010 in construction of Alaska's first masjid, school, and center.[1] To serve Anchorage's approximately 3,000 diverse Muslims in a 15,000-square-foot-facility (1,400 m2).[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Masjid Building Flyer
  2. ↑ Julia O'Malley (December 5, 2012). "Alaskan Muslims raising the roof of state’s first mosque". Aljazeera.com.
  3. ↑ "World Mosque list". Mosquelist.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  4. ↑ "Masjid in Alaska - Mosque in Alaska - Islam in Alaska - Muslims in Alaska - Islamic Community Center Anchorage Alaska - Alaska Muslim - ICCAA Alaska". Alaskamasjid.com. Retrieved 2014-08-03.

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Coordinates: 61°08′54″N 149°51′43″W / 61.148432°N 149.862067°W / 61.148432; -149.862067


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