ANTELOPE VALLEY MOSQUE SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN JULY.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Mistry is a surname, and may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname Mistry. Daily News Staff Writer Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Muslims will have a new place to worship this summer when the American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Islamic Is·lam n. 1. A monotheistic religion characterized by the acceptance of the doctrine of submission to God and to Muhammad as the chief and last prophet of God. 2. a. Institute of Antelope Valley completes its first mosque mosque (mŏsk), building for worship used by members of the Islamic faith. Muhammad's house in Medina (A.D. 622), with its surrounding courtyard and hall with columns, became the prototype for the mosque where the faithful gathered for prayer. . The 6,000-square-foot building, under construction in the 1100 block of East Palmdale Boulevard, is expected to open in July. ``Everybody is very excited,'' said Gaber Mohamed, 47, president and founder of the institute. ``Muslims worship five times a day, and this is going to be our centerpiece.'' Construction began in December. Meanwhile, more than 500 Palmdale families in the 3-year-old institute use rented buildings for worship. There will be two large worship halls - one for men and one for women - in the new mosque. ``When we pray, we pray separately,'' Mohamed said. There also will be an office or conference room, library and reading room, a kitchen, baby-sitting rooms and restrooms in the main building. Before worshiping, each Muslim washes arms, face, hands and feet, so a large washing area with 10 faucets and seats will be provided. Mohamed said non-Muslims will be welcome to use the library. ``As American Muslims, we want to provide authentic sources about Islam,'' Mohamed said. ``We have areas where people can watch videos and listen to tapes or read books about our faith.'' ``The name of Islam is used and abused,'' Mohamed said. ``But our goal is to educate, to spread peace. We are your neighbors, your friends and your fellow citizens.'' Immediately after the main building opens, two classrooms will be built behind it, institute officials said. On weekends, the mosque will offer Islamic school for children and teen-agers 4 to 18. The new facility also will be a place for weddings and Islamic community Noun 1. Islamic Community - a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia activities, Mohamed said. |
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