The Islamic Society of Central New York
- The Islamic Society of Central New York
The Islamic Society of Central New York is a "purpose-built" Sunni mosque and Islamic community center located on Comstock Avenue in Syracuse, NY. Founded in 1981, the center serves the needs of Central New York's estimated 15,000 - 20,000 Muslims providing various services and outreach programs for the Muslim and non-Muslim community. It also runs an Islamic cemetery and the Al-Ihsan Islamic Elementary school (founded in 1993) on West Onondaga Street. The mosque is served by a full-time Imam and is administered by an elected Shura Council.
The mosque is home to a diverse congregation. Over a quarter of the mosque's congregants are African-Americans, Another quarter are Arabs and One fifth are South Asians. The remainder are from various parts of the world, with European Muslims (primarily refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, and a much smaller group of White American converts) making up approximately 5% of mosque attendees. Between One and Two Thirds of the community is estimated to be foreign born.
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