About Memphis Islamic Center
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The Needs of a Growing Community
The Muslim population of the Memphis-Shelby County area has also grown tremendously over the past 30 years. More recently, there has been a major eastward population shift resulting in over half of Muslims now residing in the eastern suburbs of Memphis. As a result, the religious, social, and civic needs of Muslims have expanded significantly.
Despite the establishment of several mosques and other Islamic institutions the community as a whole, particularly women, youth, and the Muslims residing in the east, remains underserved. The existing mosques are limited primarily to hosting regular prayers and are unable to offer the space and facilities to meet the needs of the entire family.
The goal of the Memphis Islamic Center (MIC) is to fill this gap by establishing a Muslim family life center to meet the spiritual, social, and civic needs of all Muslims.
What is a Family Life Center?
From the time of the Messenger—peace be upon him—the mosque has been the central focus of the Muslim community. Indeed, the Prophet’s mosque in Medina was not just a prayer facility. It was a multipurpose family-centered institution that served as a school, a meeting place, a venue for sport events and other celebrations. Our objective is to build on this powerful heritage and help shape the identity of future generations of proud American Muslims.
Description
Our current campus is 55+ acres and already consists of a 6,000 sq. ft. building that houses a prayer hall, multi-function room, and meeting rooms. Also, we have over 350 parking spaces, a large children’s playground, a park area with gazebos, a walking bridge, and a pond, and many untapped resources.
The next step is to build our main center that will house the masjid/mosque, multi-purpose hall, education facilities, exercise and recreation facilities, offices, and much more!
The MIC Site
In July 2008, with the help of Allah and through generous community contributions, MIC acquired a beautiful 31-acre land at the heart of the fastest growing part of Shelby county, TN. In March 2012, we purchased another 24 acres that now complete a sprawling 55+ acre campus. Currently we’ve cleared the pad for the construction of the main building. During the summer of 2013 we finalized architectural plans and hope to break ground on the main building by the end of 2013.
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