Mosque Maryam - Wikipedia

Mosque Maryam
Mosque Maryam in February of 2009
Religion
Affiliation	Nation of Islam (formerly Greek Orthodox)
Leadership	Minister Louis Farrakhan
Location
Location	7351 S. Stony Island Avenue
Municipality	Chicago
State	Illinois
Geographic coordinates	41°45′39″N 87°35′6.2″W / 41.76083°N 87.585056°W / 41.76083; -87.585056
Specifications
Dome(s)	1
Minaret(s)	0
Website
www.noi.org

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Mosque Maryam, also known as Muhammad Mosque #2 or Temple #2, is the headquarters of the Nation of Islam, located in Chicago, Illinois. It is at 7351 South Stony Island Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood.^[1] Louis Farrakhan's headquarters are not on the premises. The building was originally the Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church^[a] before it relocated to suburban Palos Hills. Elijah Muhammad, Farrakhan's predecessor as head for NOI, purchased the building in 1972. Muhammad was lent $3 million from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to convert the former church.^[3]

The main hall in the mosque is for meetings, since it was originally the church's nave that contained pews later replaced with seats,^[4] Mosque Maryam has an area within the mosque with plenty of open floor space to spread prayer rugs on which to kneel to pray. They use that area every Friday for Jumuah prayer and for prayer (with prayer rugs in general). The NOI's Imam gives the Prayers for Jumuah prayer.

Adjacent to the mosque is the Muhammad University of Islam, an educational institute for boys and girls from preschool through 12th grade.

Notes

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^ At the time of its sale it was North America's largest Greek Orthodox church.^[2]

References

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^ "Mosque Maryam and The Nation of Islam National Center." Nation of Islam. Retrieved on February 26, 2009.
^ "eCUIP : The Digital Library : Social Studies : Chicago: City of Neighborhoods". ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
^ David Lepeska (April 9, 2011). "Farrakhan Using Libyan Crisis to Bolster His Nation of Islam". The New York Times. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
^ Edward E. Curtis (2010). Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History. Infobase Publishing. p. 388. ISBN 978-1-4381-3040-8. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

Religion in the Chicago area

Christianity

Churches	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago template Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago
K-12 ed.	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
Tertiary ed.	Calumet College of St. Joseph University of Chicago Divinity School

Judaism

Education	Fasman Yeshiva High School Ida Crown Jewish Academy Rochelle Zell Jewish High School Chicago Jewish Day School Hebrew Theological College Telshe Yeshiva Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
Organizations	Jewish United Fund

Islam

This list is incomplete.

v t e Mosques in the United States
Alaska	Islamic Community Center of Anchorage Alaska
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California	Baitul Hameed Mosque Islamic Center of Irvine Islamic Center of Orange County Islamic Center of Riverside Islamic Center of Southern California King Fahad Mosque Masjid Annur Islamic Center Women's Mosque of America
Connecticut	Islamic Center of Connecticut
Illinois	Al-Sadiq Mosque Baitul Jaamay Mosque Islamic Foundation Islamic Foundation North Mosque Maryam Masjid Darussalam Mosque Foundation Muslim Community Center
Iowa	Mother Mosque of America
Maryland	Baitur Rehman Mosque Diyanet Center of America Imam Mahdi Islamic Education Center of Baltimore Islamic Society of Baltimore Islamic Society of Western Maryland
Massachusetts	Arabic Jumma Mosque Islamic Society of Boston Islamic Society of Greater Lowell Mosque No. 11 Quincy Mosque Sharon Mosque Worcester Mosque
Michigan	Al-Islah Mosque Dearborn Mosque First Albanian Bektashi Tekke in America Islamic Association of Greater Detroit Islamic Center and Mosque of Grand Rapids Islamic Center of America Highland Park Mosque (former)
Minnesota	Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center
Missouri	Islamic Center of Central Missouri St. Louis Islamic Center
Nevada	Masjid As-Sabur
New Mexico	Dar al-Islam
New York	Hazrati Abu Bakr Siddique Hudson Valley Islamic Community Center Islamic Association of Long Island Islamic Cultural Center of New York Islamic Society of Central New York Masjid al-Ikhlas Masjid Al-Mamoor Masjid Hamza Masjid Malcolm Shabazz Mid-Hudson Islamic Association Powers Street Mosque
Ohio	Islamic Center of Greater Toledo Islamic Society of Greater Dayton Noor Islamic Cultural Center
Oregon	Masjid As-Saber Rizwan Mosque
Pennsylvania	Islamic Center of Pittsburgh Masjid Al-Jamia Mosque No. 12 Mosque of Shaikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen North Penn Mosque Philly Mosque
Tennessee	Islamic Center of Murfreesboro
Texas	Baitus Samee Mosque East Plano Islamic Center Islamic Association of North Texas Islamic Center of Greater Austin Islamic Center of Irving Islamic Society of Greater Houston (Al-Noor Mosque · Masjid Al-Ansaar (Woodland Islamic Center) · Pearland Islamic Center)
Virginia	All Dulles Area Muslim Society Dar Al-Hijrah
Washington D.C.	Islamic Center of Washington
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