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Islamic Cultural Center, Tempe, Arizona

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المركز الثقافي الإسلامي، تمپي ⁦(أريزونا)⁩

A mosque at Tempe, Arizona, built in 1984 by M. Afzal Ibrahim and inspired by the Dome of the Rock, with a minaret and golden dome attached to an eight-sided tiled structure 1 2.

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The Contemporary Era
Region
Americas & Oceania

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1970198019902000
The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era

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Overview

The Islamic Cultural Center at Tempe, Arizona, was built in 1984 by M. Afzal Ibrahim, and Omar Khalidi counts it among the "imported designs" transplanted from Islamic lands. 1 2 Its architecture and decoration were inspired by the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem: a minaret and a golden dome attached to an eight-sided structure faced with tiles bearing Qur'anic verses in calligraphy. 2

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Sources

  1. Mosques in the United States of America and Canada, photo-exhibition catalogue, photographs provided by Omar Khalidi and David Donnellon, essay by Omar Khalidi, U.S. Embassy Germany (exhibition first shown in Frankfurt, October 2006) , pp. 4-5
  2. Mosques in the United States of America and Canada, photo-exhibition catalogue, photographs provided by Omar Khalidi and David Donnellon, essay by Omar Khalidi, U.S. Embassy Germany (exhibition first shown in Frankfurt, October 2006) , pp. 8-9
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