I’m excited to go to the Mosque tomorrow for class so I just wanted to do a little research on Mosques in America.
-A mosque is defined for the purpose of this Study to be an organization that holds Jum`ah Prayers (Friday Prayers) and other Islamic activities.
-Mosques are relatively young: 30% of all mosques were established in the 1990s and 32% were started in the 1980s.
-4/5 of mosques are located in a metropolitan (urban or suburban) area, most often a city neighborhood.
-At the average mosque, 33% of members are South Asian, 30% are African American, and a quarter 25% are Arab. More than 20% of mosques have full-time schools.
- Almost 70% of mosques provide some type of assistance for the needy.
-Mosques are not staffed well.
-The majority (55%) of mosques have no paid full-time staff. Only 10% have more than two paid staff.
In conclusion, Mosques are welcoming and generous. Their services are voluntary and they are non-judgmental.
An imam (Arabic: إمام plural ائمة A'immah, Persian: امام) is an Islamic leadership position, often the leader of a mosque and the community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads the prayer during Islamic gatherings. More often, the community turns to the mosque imam if they have an Islamic question. In smaller communities an imam could be the community leader based on the community setting.
I hope that this gives a little more insight as to what a Mosque is!
I got my info from a document called :
The Mosque in America: A National PortraitA Report from the Mosque Study Project
and:
Wikipedia
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What a great idea for a post, Chelsea. I learned something and got some questions I want to ask today. I hope everyone will post on the visit.
ReplyDeleteI think that is extremely interesting how majority of mosque are have unpaid worked. it truely shows how these mosque are solely for praying and charity and helping ohters.
ReplyDeleteWow, I like the stats you put up about the mosque! This most interesting one for me was about how young most mosques are. That over 60% of them are only about 30 years old.
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