Mosque Maryam
| Mosque Maryam | |
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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 |
| Specifications | |
| Dome(s) | 1 |
| Minaret(s) | 0 |
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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] 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 nave that contained pews later replaced with seats.[4] Mosque Maryam has an internal open floor area for prayer rugs on which to kneel for prayer. They use that area every Friday for Jumu`ah prayer, which is led by the NOI's Imam.
Adjacent to the mosque is the Muhammad University of Islam, an educational institute for boys and girls from preschool through 12th grade.
History
Farrakhan named the building Mosque Maryam in 1988.[5] The Muhammad University of Islam was opened the same year.[6]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Gibson, Dawn-Marie (2016). The Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, and the Men Who Follow Him. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-137-53084-4.
- ^ Tinaz, Nuri (February 2001). Conversion of African Americans to Islam: A Sociological Analysis of the Nation of Islam And Associated Groups (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Warwick. Retrieved 2025-05-25.