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There is a significant population of American Muslims in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Dallas-Fort Worth is home to sixty-two Sunni mosques.[1] According to AbdelRahman Murphy, a Chicago-born, Irving-based Islamic teacher and Muslim community leader, other U.S.-based Muslims now refer to Dallas as the "Medina of America".[2] Not only is Dallas Masjid Al Islam the oldest Muslim community in the DFW area, it established the first mosque in the city of Dallas and established the first Muslim school in the DFW area. As of 2021, many major Muslim organizations and charities have headquarters or operations in DFW, mostly located in Richardson, Texas such as: ICNA Dallas, Muslim American Society, Muslim Legal Fund of America, Helping Hands for Relief & Development, Sabrina Memorial Foundation, Islamic Relief USA, CAIR-Texas, and MA’RUF. There are also several institutions of research and higher education such as: Qalam Institute (Carrollton), ISRA Foundation (Plano), Bayyina Academy (Euless), and The Islamic Seminary of America (Richardson).[citation needed] -

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History

Islam first came to Dallas through the Nation of Islam, whose members were sent by Elijah Muhammad during the 1950s, founding Temple #48 in Downtown Dallas. When Elijah Muhammad was succeeded by his son Wallace Deen Muhammad in 1975, the Dallas Temple #48 was reorganized as The Dallas Masjid Al-Islam. Dallas Masjid al Islam was the first and oldest Muslim community in Dallas area. It started the first Muslim school in Dallas and the first Mosque in the city.[4] Meanwhile, international Muslims established the Islamic Association of North Texas in 1969.[5] In 1977, the African American Muslims and the International Immigrant Muslims had the first combined Eid al-Fitr on Baghdad St. in a backyard in Grand Prairie, TX.[6] In 1980, IANT was joined by Imam Yusuf Ziya Kavakçı. Throughout the next few decades, more Mosques were built.[7] IANT established the longest running free health clinics of the Muslim community, followed by the East Plano Islamic Center and Valley Ranch Islamic Center later on.[8] Eventually, Nouman Ali Khan moved to Dallas, followed by Omar Suleiman.[9] This led to an increase of Muslim immigration to Dallas from other parts of America. There is also a growing number of Hispanic Muslims in Dallas.[10]

List of mosques

Name of Mosque Location
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community - Baitul Ikram Mosque 1850 Hedgcoxe Rd, Allen, TX 75013
ISRA Foundation 930 W Parker Rd Suite 530, Plano, TX 75075
Islamic Center of Quad Cities 3620 State Hwy 121 STE 200, Plano, TX 75025
Bait-ul-Qayyum Mosque 2801 Miller Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76105
Bayyinah Euless Musalla 1701 W Euless Blvd, Euless, TX 76040
East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC Masjid) 1360 Star Court, Plano, TX 75074
Grand Prairie Masjid 802 Greenview Dr. Suite B, Grand Prairie, TX 75050
Islamic Association of Allen 909 Allen Central Dr, Allen, TX 75013
Islamic Association of Carrollton 1901 Kelly Blvd, Carrollton, TX 75006
Islamic Association of Collin County 6401 Independence Pkwy, Plano, TX 75023
Islamic Center of Quad Cities 3620 TX-121 #200, Plano, TX 75025
Islamic Association of DeSoto 616 Rayburn Dr, DeSoto, TX 75115
Islamic Association of Fort Worth 6005 Chapman Road, Watauga, TX 76148
Islamic Association of Lewisville & Flower Mound 3430 Peters Colony Road in Flower Mound, TX 75022
Islamic Association of Mesquite 2419 Franklin Drive, Mesquite, TX 75150
Islamic Association of Mid-Cities 500 Cheek-Sparger Rd, Colleyville, TX 76034
Islamic Association of North Texas 840 Abrams Road, Richardson, TX
Islamic Association of Tarrant County 4901 Diaz Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76107
Islamic Association of The Colony 5201 S Colony Blvd #535, The Colony, TX 75056
Islamic Center of Coppell and Lewisville 600 E Sandy Lake Rd, Coppell, TX 75019
Islamic Center of Frisco 11137 Frisco St, Frisco, TX 75033
Islamic Center of Irving 2555 Esters Rd, Irving, TX 75062
Islamic Center of Southlake 1280 N Carroll Ave, Southlake, TX 76092
Islamic Association of Texas (Imam Abu Hanifa Masjid) 132 N Glenville Dr, Richardson, TX 75081
Islamic Society of Denton 1105 Greenlee St, Denton, TX 76201
Makkah Masjid 3301 W Buckingham Rd, Garland, TX 75042
Masjid Yaseen - Garland Branch 1601 W. Campbell Road, Garland, TX 75044
MAS Islamic Center of Dallas 1515 Blake Dr, Richardson, TX 75081
Mansfield Islamic Center 6401 New York Ave # 135, Arlington, TX 76018
Mckinney Islamic Association 2940 Eldorado Pkwy, McKinney, TX 75070
Rahmania Center 329 E Polk St, Richardson, TX 75081
Valley Ranch Islamic Center 9940 Valley Ranch Pkwy W, Irving, TX 75063
Islamic Center of MOMIN 1019 Perry St, Irving, TX 75060
IILM Shia Center 2101 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75075
City of Knowledge 5000 Main St suite 228b, The Colony, TX 75056
Institute of Quran and Ahlul Bayt (IQA) 1112 Milam Way, Carrollton, TX 75006
Imam Ali Islamic Center 2330 Dalworth St, Grand Prairie, TX 75050
Dallas Masjid of Al-Islam 2604 S Harwood St, Dallas, TX 75215[11]

There are few more mosque that can be found on Muslim Directory [12] and on Prayers Connect [13]

List of Islamic scholars and speakers

Name of Scholar Area of DFW
Omar Suleiman Irving
Yaser Birjas Irving
Abdul Nasir Jangda [14] Arlington
Hussain Kamani [15] Carrollton
Yasir Qadhi Plano
Arsalan Haque Plano
Nadim Bashir Plano
Mohamad Baajour Plano
Mohammed Wasim Khan Plano
Shpendim Nadzaku Richardson
Saad Hassanin Richardson
Abdulbasir Ali Richardson
Asif Hirani Richardson
Mikaeel Smith Richardson/Dallas
Abdul Adheem Khan Garland
Sayid Ahmed Abdullahi Carrollton
Salah Mahmoud Frisco
Mubeen Kamani Frisco
Zafar Anjum The Colony
Abdullah Oduro Coppell
Nouman Ali Khan Euless
Azhar Subedar Plano
Abdurrahman Bashir Allen
Mohamed Gebaly McKinney
Amin Rastani Carrollton
Mahdi Rastani Carrollton
Mufti Tawsif ICQC
Mufti Sajid Ali Aubrey

Controversies

Holy Land Foundation (HLF)

Main article: Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development

The Holy Land Foundation (HLF) was the largest Islamic charity in the United States. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas,[16] and run by Palestinian-Americans, it was originally known as Occupied Land Fund.[17] During the 1990s, American politicians, including Chuck Schumer and Eliot Spitzer,[18][19] alongside the Israeli Government[20] and "Misinformation Expert" Steve Emerson,[21] lobbied the US Government to take action against the Holy Land Foundation.[22] In 2004, a federal grand jury in Dallas, Texas charged HLF and five former officers and employees with providing material support to Hamas and related offenses. The prosecution's theory was that HLF distributed charity through local zakat (charity) committees located in the West Bank that paid stipends to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers and Hamas prisoners; that Hamas controlled those zakat committees; that by distributing charity through Hamas-controlled committees, HLF helped Hamas build a grassroots support amongst the Palestinian people; and that these charity front organizations served a dual purpose of laundering the money for all of Hamas's activities.[23] Their trial has been considered by the Dallas Muslim Community as "unjust" and has been written to have "Capitalized on post-9/11 Islamophobic hysteria".[24][25]

Critics faulted some of the evidence given during the trial. For example, over defense objection, the government called two anonymous witnesses: an Israeli Security Agency (ISA) employee who was known to the jurors and the defense as "Avi" and an Israeli Defense Forces officer who was known to the jurors and the defense as "Major Lior." The defense lawyers were not permitted to know the names of these witnesses.[26] The government cited legal restrictions and safety concerns to protect Avi's identity, of which the motion for protective measures was granted his testimony was based on "much of the material that has previously been provided to the defense... as well as some of the documentation seized from the Holy Land Foundation's offices." However, the government was ordered to provide the defendants with all "tangible underlying facts and data, not previously produced, upon which the ISA agent relies in reaching his opinion."[27] Civil rights attorney Emily Ratner wrote that the use of anonymous and hearsay evidence by the prosecutors was “constitutionally questionable” at best.[28][29] Additionally, much of the evidence used to convict the Holy Land Foundation was "Secret Evidence" which the defense was unable to read or even know who made it.[30][31]

The government did not allege that HLF paid directly for suicide bombings, but instead that the foundation supported terrorism by sending more than $12 million to charitable groups, known as zakat or charity committees, which provide social goods and services. The prosecution said the committees were controlled by Hamas, and contributed to terrorism by helping Hamas spread its ideology, recruit supporters, and provide a front for laundering money and soliciting donations.[32] According to Marjorie Cohn, Professor Emerita of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, the trial was a "grave miscarriage of justice" and "capitalized on post-9/11 Islamophobic hysteria" in order to convict the Holy Land 5. Pulitzer Prize journalist Chris Hedges describes it as "one of the most egregious cases of injustice committed to date against Muslim leaders in the United States.”[33][34]

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  2. ^ "Faith and Hope". Texas Monthly. 2016-07-20. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  3. ^ "Halal Restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas - Muslim Directory". Muslim Directory. 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  4. ^ "History – Masjid Al-Islam – Dallas, TX". Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  5. ^ "About IANT". IANT Masjid. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  6. ^ "History – Masjid Al-Islam – Dallas, TX". Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  7. ^ "Muslims In Plano Had Been Building Bridges For Years, Then Came A Council Member's Facebook Post". KERA News. 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  8. ^ "North Texas Mosques Running Free Health Clinics for Uninsured". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  9. ^ "North Texas Muslims offer support to Jewish community amid threats". www.wfaa.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  10. ^ "A growing number of DFW Hispanics are converting to Islam. Here's why". www.wfaa.com. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  11. ^ "Dallas Masjid of Al-Islam". Prayers Connect.
  12. ^ "Mosques in Dallas, Plano, Irving, Allen, Frisco, Texas - Muslim Directory". Muslim Directory. 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  13. ^ "Mosques near Dallas, TX". Prayers Connect.
  14. ^ "Abdul Nasir Jangda". Qalam. 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  15. ^ "Hussain Kamani". Qalam. 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  16. ^ "Contact Us." Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development. Retrieved on May 21, 2010.
  17. ^ "Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons" (PDF). United States Department of the Treasury. November 20, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 9, 2008. Retrieved November 24, 2008. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  18. ^ "Spitzer Seeks Fed Probe of 'Hamas' Charity". The Jewish Week. October 1999.
  19. ^ "Congressional Record, Volume 142 Issue 87 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)".
  20. ^ Mike Allen; Steven Mufson (2001-12-05). "U.S. Seizes Assets of 3 Islamic Groups". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
  21. ^ "Fear, Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America". Center for American Progress. August 26, 2011.
  22. ^ Bridge Initiative Team. "FACTSHEET: HOLY LAND FOUNDATION". Bridge: A Georgetown University Initiative. Georgetown University.
  23. ^ REVISED January 13, 2012 "The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit" United States of America vs Mohammad El-Mezain; Ghassan Elashi; Shukri Abu Bakr; Mufid Abdulqader; Abdulrahman Odeh; Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, also known as HLF. " No. 09-10560, Filed December 7, 2011, pg. 8 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions%5Cpub%5C09/09-10560-CR0.wpd.pdf
  24. ^ "Injustice » Just World Books".
  25. ^ "The Unjust Prosecution of the Holy Land Foundation Five".
  26. ^ "The Holy Land Five". Aljazeera. Aljazeera. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  27. ^ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION, "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, VS. HOLY LAND FOUNDATION FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT (01), SHUKRI ABU BAKER (02), MOHAMMAD EL-MEZAIN (03), GHASSAN ELASHI (04), MUFID ABDULQADER (07), and ABDULRAHAM ODEH (08), Defendants." CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 3:04-CR-240-G. Filed July 16, 2007. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-txnd-3_04-cr-00240/pdf/USCOURTS-txnd-3_04-cr-00240-15.pdf
  28. ^ Bridge Initiative Team. "FACTSHEET: HOLY LAND FOUNDATION". Bridge: A Georgetown University Initiative. Georgetown University.
  29. ^ Ratner, Emily. "ANONYMOUS ACCUSERS IN THE HOLY LAND: SUBVERTING THE RIGHT OF CONFRONTATION IN THE UNITED STATES' LARGEST TERRORISM-FINANCING TRIAL" (PDF). Loyola University New Orleans.
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  31. ^ Nancy, Hollander (September 2013). "The Holy Land Foundation Case: The Collapse of American Justice". Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice. 20 (1): 45.
  32. ^ Eaton, Leslie (October 22, 2007). "No Convictions in Trial Against Muslim Charity". The New York Times. Retrieved November 24, 2008.
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  34. ^ "The Struggle for a Democratic State in Historic Palestine – Bethlehem University".
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