Islamic Community Center of Phoenix | |
---|---|
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | non-profit religious organization |
Location | |
Location | 7516 North Black Canyon Highway, Phoenix, AZ |
Geographic coordinates | 33°32′48″N 112°06′46″W / 33.546571°N 112.112816°W |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Date established | 1997 [1] |
Specifications | |
Dome(s) | 1 |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
Website | |
iccpaz |
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. [2] [3] [4] [5] It is in a former Baptist church that has been converted into the mosque, having moved into that location in 1997. [6] [2] The land deeds of ICCP are held by the North American Islamic Trust. [2]
The mosque is the spiritual base for many of the Valley of the Sun's 50,000 to 70,000 Muslims. [5] Many of the members of the congregation were originally refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. [6] In 2011, the mosque was completing a 17,000-square-foot (1,600 m2) building with a 62-foot (19 m) minaret, 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. [6] During its construction, it was the target of vandalism. [7] The mosque includes an Islamic school. [8] On May 29, 2015, an anti-Muslim protest occurred outside the mosque in response to the attempted Curtis Culwell Center attack. [9]
Usama Shami is the President of the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix. [5] Sheikh Mahmoud Sulaiman, an Al-Azhar University 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. [2]