Building Name: | Islamic Center of Greater Austin |
Map Type: | Texas |
Map Size: | 150px |
Location: | 5110 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78723 |
Coordinates: | 30.2997°N -97.6868°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Islam |
Tradition: | Sunni |
Status: | non-profit religious organization |
Architecture Type: | Mosque |
Established: | 1977 |
Capacity: | 1,000[1] |
Dome Quantity: | 0 |
Minaret Quantity: | 4 |
The Islamic Center of Greater Austin or ICGA is a mosque and Islamic community center in Austin, Texas in the United States.[2]
The Center was established in March 1977 as a non-profit religious organization registered with the State of Texas and is affiliated with the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), which is a subsidiary of ISNA, as its trustee. The center's property is waqf under NAIT.
The mosque started in a 2000square feet building without any parking space. It was expanded in 1982 with the purchase of an adjacent building that was remodeled into a prayer hall. In November 1999, the Center completed a two-story building which houses a mosque to accommodate around 1000 congregants and a full-time Islamic school on the second floor.
The Islamic Center of Greater Austin also operates the Austin Peace Academy[1]
The center offers facilities for daily prayers, a full-time licensed Islamic school, an educational center, audio/video library, weekly Quran school, seminars, workshops and symposiums, counseling center for battered families, marriage contract officiation, ghusl facility and burial services with a 25acres Muslim cemetery.