{"id":4353,"date":"2015-12-03T12:58:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T19:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.finditinlaveen.com\/?p=4353"},"modified":"2015-12-03T13:03:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T20:03:46","slug":"muslim-community-building-mosque-in-laveen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finditinlaveen.com\/muslim-community-building-mosque-in-laveen\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Community Building Mosque in Laveen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Muslim community in Laveen are building a 3,000-square-foot <em>masjid<\/em> at the southeast corner of Dobbins Road and 51<sup>st<\/sup> Avenue on county land near the Laveen Post Office.<\/p>\n<p>Naveed Ahmed, a board member and treasurer for the Islamic Center of Laveen, said the facility will give nearly 500 families from Laveen and nearby areas a place to worship, and is the first mosque serving the West Valley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a huge Muslim population in Laveen,\u201d Ahmed said. \u201cIt\u2019s been growing by 100 families a year since 2005.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the closest mosque is nearly 15 miles away, with most facilities in central Phoenix or the East Valley.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic Center of Laveen is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization. Ahmed said ICL bought the property at 5099 W. Dobbins Road in 2013. Construction began earlier this year after ICL was able to raise sufficient funds and to get the necessary permits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sits on county land so we had to get permits from the county,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it is served by city streets, so we had to work with the city as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Timeline for completion also depends on further fund-raising, he said. Total projected cost of the facility is $700,000.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed said that over the past several years, Muslims have met at various locations throughout Laveen to worship, including the Laveen Education Center, the former Cotton Fields Golf Course and most recently, Coronoa Ranch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe needed to find a permanent home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The masjid will include separate worship areas for men and women, as is customary in the Islamic faith, as well as educational and community space. Ahmed said services take place on Fridays from 1-3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information, visit: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/laveenmasjid.org\/\">http:\/\/laveenmasjid.org\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By Rose Hutchinson Tring<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finditinlaveen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151103_080500.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4354\" src=\"https:\/\/finditinlaveen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151103_080500-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"20151103_080500\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finditinlaveen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151103_080500-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/finditinlaveen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151103_080500-scaled-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/finditinlaveen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151103_080500-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Muslim community in Laveen are building a 3,000-square-foot masjid at the southeast corner of Dobbins Road and 51st Avenue on county land near the Laveen Post Office. Naveed Ahmed, a board member and treasurer for the Islamic Center of Laveen, said the facility will give nearly 500 families from Laveen and nearby [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[237,262,386],"tags":[389,388,387],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Muslim Community Building Mosque in Laveen - Laveen Business Directory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/finditinlaveen.com\/muslim-community-building-mosque-in-laveen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Muslim Community Building Mosque in Laveen - Laveen Business Directory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Members of the Muslim community in Laveen are building a 3,000-square-foot masjid at the southeast corner of Dobbins Road and 51st Avenue on county land near the Laveen Post Office. 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