Religious Centers (Archive)

Bosnian Cultural and Education Center

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 1 July 2014.

Contact Information

Address: 8021 SE Stark Street, Portland, OR 97215

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This profile was researched and written by Muntasir Sattar of Reed College, under the direction of Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri.

History

Most of the members of the small Bosnian community in Portland came here as refugees between 1992 and 1997, during the civil war that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia. Church-sponsored-...

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Masjed as-Sabr - The Islamic Center of Portland

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 28 August 2015.

Phone: 503-293-6554
Email: info@assaber.com
Website: http://www.assaber.com https://www.facebook.com/IslamicCenterOfPortlandMasjedAssaber
[flickr_set id="72157621814700323"] This research was conducted by students Anne Marie Armentrout and Muntasir Sattar of Reed College, under the direction of Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri. Masjed as-Sabr has the largest capacity among Portland mosques and Islamic centers, serving an estimated seven hundred... Read more about Masjed as-Sabr - The Islamic Center of Portland

Islamic Center of Southwest Washington and Masjid Al-Noor

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 28 January 2013.

Phone: 360-694-7799
Email: info@issww.com
Website: http://www.issww.com
[flickr_set id="72157621939417776"] This profile was researched and written by student Muntasir Sattar of Reed College, under the direction of Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri. The Islamic Center of Southwest Washington (ICSW) is based in a commercial-industrial area of Vancouver, just across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon. The economy and social life of... Read more about Islamic Center of Southwest Washington and Masjid Al-Noor

Muslim Community Center of Portland

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 28 August 2015.

Phone: 503-281-7691
Email: mccp.officeof.imam@gmail.com [home], ICPemail@icop.org [home]
Website: http://mccpdx.org/
[flickr_set id="72157621814873267"] This profile was researched and written by student Jonathan Grass of Reed College, under the direction of Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri. Members of the Muslim Community Center trace their roots in Portland further back than members of other Portland mosques and Muslim community centers.... Read more about Muslim Community Center of Portland

Interfaith Forum Columbus

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 28 October 2005.

Contact Information

Address: 319 Nineteenth Street, Columbus, IN 47201
Email: madhubv@msn.com

Interfaith Forum Columbus (IFFC) is a regionally-based group located in Columbus, Indiana, a small city of 38,000 people located about 40 miles south of the state's capital, Indianapolis. The group consists of Baha'is, Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs and Unitarians, working together to promote...
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Quad City Hindu Temple

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

Phone: 309-764-1709
Email: kirti@yash.com
Website: http://www.qchindutemple.org

Physical Description

The Quad City Hindu community currently has no purpose-built temple. Thus, much of the religious activity of individual Hindu families takes place at home. Small groups have also formed around regional, devotional, or linguistic lines which take turns meeting at members' houses, and...
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Muslim Community of the Quad Cities

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 20 March 2013.

Phone: 563-359-8123
Email: qc_muslims@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.mcqc.org
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Physical Description

The Muslim Community of the Quad Cities currently meets on a two acre complex in Bettendorf, Iowa containing an old house, a parking lot, and a children's play area. The three story house holds a kitchen and fellowship area on its first floor, men's and women's washing and prayer rooms on the... Read more about Muslim Community of the Quad Cities

Quad Cities Sikh Religious Society (Gurdwara Sahib)

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

Phone: 563-391-5165
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History

Since the late 1970s, Sikhs have been arriving in the Quad Cities for a variety of reasons ranging from business and educational opportunities to personal and family motives. The first Sikh to arrive in the Quad Cities came from Malaysia in 1977 to obtain an undergraduate education from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. He had...
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Baha'i Faith of the Quad Cities

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 26 October 2018.

Phone: 563-332-5525
Website: http://www.iowabahai.org http://www.us.bahai.org
[flickr_set id="72157621942312196"] History The Bahá’í community in Bettendorf was founded in the early 1970s when Murry and Edy Elmore moved there, as home-front pioneers. The couple became Bahá’ís after learning about the religion from a traveling insurance salesman visiting their home on business. Initially, the Bahá’ís of Bettendorf were part of the... Read more about Baha'i Faith of the Quad Cities

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