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A 6 page paper which examines what a service would be like in the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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it is also one of the most widely followed religions in the world. Although it has received a great deal of attention, primarily negative attention, lately, since the attacks of
9/11 on the United States, it is a very solid and powerful religion that is founded in tradition and customs. The following paper examines what it would, or could, be
like to attend an Islamic service in the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. Visiting an Islamic Mosque in Toledo, Ohio The Muslim community of Toledo,
Ohio apparently has a very rich and long history. The Islamic Center of Greater Toledo notes the following in relationship to the history of the Islamic faith in Toledo in
the early years: "The first Muslim immigrants to Toledo came at the turn of the century from Syria and Lebanon. Those few families established the Syrian American Muslim Society in
the late thirties. It was not until 1954 that Toledos first Islamic Center was built on East Bancroft Street, near downtown, fulfilling the needs of the Muslim Community" (The Islamic
Center of Greater Toledo, 2008). It was during the late 1960s and the early 1970s that this community seemed to grow even larger and the original center was no
longer large enough to house all the members of the Islamic community. As such, in 1978 the community bought 48 acres in the Township of Perrysburg and the foundation of
the mosque was laid in 1980 (The Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, 2008). The construction on the mosque did not really start until the Fall of 1982 and then it
was a bit over a year later that the mosque was officially opened (The Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, 2008). Almost 10 years later, in 1991, two additional wings were
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