Religious Centers (Archive)

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 27 August 2015.

Phone: 503-246-0813
Email: portland@ahmadiyya.us [home], info@alislam.org [home]
[flickr_set id="72157621939361556"] This profile was researched and written by student Jonathan Grass, under the direction of Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri. Introduction The Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam was founded in India in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who is known as the Promised Messiah to his followers, became a target of criticism from other... Read more about Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

Guru Ram Das Ashram

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 30 October 2015.

Phone: 415-863-0132

Zoroastrian Association of Houston/The Zarthushti Heritage and Cultural Center

Information about this center is no longer updated.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

Phone: 713-270-9339
Email: zahec@zah.org
Website: http://www.zah.org
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History

The Zoroastrian (Parsi) community in South Asia has long had a reputation for education, industriousness, and adaptability. When members of the community first reached Houston in the early 1970s, they demonstrated those same qualities, very quickly finding their own...
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Sri Meenakshi Devasthanam

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 5 December 2013.

Phone: 281-489-0358
Email: temple@emeenakshi.org
Website: http://www.meenakshi.org
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History

Hindus have been in Houston for decades, with significant immigration growth starting in 1965, but they generally restricted their religious activities to extended-family gatherings and prayer rooms in each home. They formed a city-wide society in 1977, and, in 1979, around thirty Hindu families in...

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Chua Chan Nhu Buddhist Pagoda

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 24 September 2001.

Phone: 303-238-5867

Wat Lao Buddhavas of Iowa

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 3 October 2001.

Phone: 515-283-7999 [office], (515) 281-8810 [office]

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