History

Who We Are

 

History

The Islamic Center of Greensboro was formed in March of 1994 at its original Murrow Boulevard location, beginning with a very small group of Muslims, having only 4 people gather for the first Jumu’ah service. The weekly attendance grew to 150+ per week and in June of 1997 ICG relocated to Patterson Street. Attendance reached 300+ per week before moving in June of 2000 to the newly built masjid at 16th Street, where today we happily greet 450+ Muslims per week for Jumu’ah services and hope to see that number rise insha’Allah as more people find out about ICG. We are already making plans to insha’Allah expand our facility further to accommodate our rapidly growing ummah, Alhamdulillah!

Milestones of Islamic Center of Greensboro

1994
About 4 people gathered to perform the first congregational prayer in an office located at 107 3rd floor N Murrow Blvd. Then the first “Jumu’ah” was attended by 8 people at the same location.

1997
An office building located at 2101 Paterson Street was rented to accommodate 150 people.

1998
ICG purchased (4 Acres) of land located at 2023 16th Street.

2000
ICG moved to the new facility which accommodates 350 people.

2000
Alhuda school (weekend school) was established with 25 students currently 115 students.

2003
Greensboro Islamic Academy (GIA) full time school was established with 5 students and 2 teachers currently 150 students and 12 teachers.

2005
Iqra’a school was established with 30 students as a Qur’anic summer school with 3 students, currently 50 students during the summer. Then developed as a full-time school with 3 students; currently 50 students during the summer.

2011
ICG purchased 48 Acers of land located at 4925 Harvest Rd, McLeansville NC 27301 for cemetery.

2013
ICG expansion project was approved and the building permit was issued.