Masjid America
Masjid (Arabic: مـسـجـد) also called mosque in English, is defined as any place that Muslims pray facing Makkah, not necessarily a building. By that meaning, there were Masajid (plural of Masjid) in the United States by 1731 or earlier. Muslim Job ben Solomon (1701–1773), an African-American kidnapped into slavery, was documented by his slave narrative memoir to have prayed in the forest of Kent Island, Maryland, where he was brought during 1731–33. Now, we have over 2,000 Masajid (Islamic centers) in the United States:
U.S. Islamic Centers:
| Alabama (31) | Alaska (5) |
| Arizona (29) | Arkansas (13) |
| California (246) | Colorado (17) |
| Connecticut (38) | Delaware (6) |
| Florida (118) | Georgia (70) |
| Hawaii (2) | Idaho (6) |
| Illinois (108) | Indiana (33) |
| Iowa (17) | Kansas (20) |
| Kentucky (27) | Louisiana (27) |
| Maine (5) | Maryland (105) |
| Massachusetts (39) | Michigan (77) |
| Minnesota (45) | Mississippi (16) |
| Missouri (39) | Montana (2) |
| Nebraska (8) | Nevada (7) |
| New Hampshire (3) | New Jersey (109) |
| New Mexico (10) | New York (258) |
| North Carolina (49) | North Dakota (3) |
| Ohio (60) | Oklahoma (19) |
| Oregon (12) | Pennsylvania (98) |
| Rhode Island (6) | South Carolina (21) |
| South Dakota (5) | Tennessee (38) |
| Texas (166) | Utah (9) |
| Vermont (2) | Virginia (62) |
| Washington (36) | West Virginia (7) |
| Wisconsin (23) | Wyoming (3) |
| Guam (1) | Puerto Rico (8) |
| U.S. Virgin Islands (1) | Washington, D.C. (Capital) (7) |
Canadian Islamic Centers:
| Alberta (3) | British Columbia (3) |
| Manitoba (1) | New Brunswick (3) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador (1) | Nova Scotia (1) |
| Ontario (1) | Prince Edward Island (1) |
| Quebec (1) | Saskatchewan (1) |
| Northwest Territories (1) | Nunavut (1) |
| Yukon (1) |
WHOEVER BUILDS A MASJID, EVEN TO THE EXTENT OF A BRICK OR LESSER, ALLAH WILL BUILD FOR HIM A HOUSE IN PARADISE. -MUHAMMAD (PBUH)