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Islamic Center of Laramie (ICL)
612 East Garfield, Laramie, WY
Sunni (Traditional)
The Islamic Center of Laramie is a nonprofit organization that seeks to provide spiritual guidance and educational services about the Islamic faith to the Muslim community in Wyoming and to the public at large. We also offer a range of social services that include counseling, marital services and funeral prayers. Another central component of the center's mission is to further dialogue and understanding between different faiths and cultures. The center is therefore involved in interfaith initiatives in town. The Islamic Center of Laramie is a small community with no more than 100 members. Many of the Center's activities are linked to the work of the Muslim Student Association at the University of Wyoming at Laramie. A large proportion of the center's members are either professors or students at the university. The community has just recently acquired a new, large building that once served as a church. They are in the process of remodeling the space to serve as a mosque. Prior to this, the community had bought houses in the area but the spaces were akward for the size of the community. The community meets regularly for prayers and major holidays and is active in the larger Laramie community. Recently the community received a state grant to work on low water use gardening. They are experimenting with plants that they are using to landscape their new facility.
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Hours
MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
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ThursdayClosed
Friday12:15 PM - 12:00 AM
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Location
612 East Garfield, Laramie, WY
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Rita Rider
Oct 3, 2019•1 review
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Assalamualaikum. I am here on a short one month visit with my son who is working temporarily at the Univ of Wyoming. I am concerned that there are no halal restaurants in the city and also no halal meats sold anywhere. Back in 1980s it was the same situation in Lawrence, Kansas where I was a student then and we resolved the situation by a few of us students chipping in to buy cattle at an auction and then slaughter the animal and get it cut professionally at the slaughter house. We also bought a second hand upright freezer which we donated to the mosque( which was just a rented house converted into one)and then kept the slaughtered meat in there. The purpose was to provide halal meat for the small Lawrence Muslim community apart from having halal meat for ourselves. Suggesting something like that could also be done in Laramie.
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Anne Toolan
Jul 25, 2006•5 reviews
4
This is my local Mosque so I am fond of it. It has a barrier in the main hall for the women with a curtained window we can open, to appease both the barrier free advocates (myself among them) and those who prefer to be completely hidden. Our space is equal to the men's section in size and decor (although they get all the books). The prayer area is accessible to people with disabilities but the downstairs is not. Downstairs houses the eating area, kitchen, bathrooms, and children's room. There is nothing prohibiting women from being on the board, although I have never seen it. I must note our community is open to those who speak up however, so now we do have a women's coordinator (a step in the right direction) and the barrier is in the main hall instead of being downstairs as some had advocated when we first moved to this location. This was accomplished by advocacy on the part of the women, in addition to the openness of the men. We have Jummah and either Magrib or Isha depending on the season in formal groups. Sometimes, a group will form for Dhur prayer but it is not guarenteed. Women have a seperate entrance and I must say it is actually nicer than the mens, which we sisters also lobbied for since it was closest to our section. I would love more relevant khutbahs to the "here and now" and some younger members are starting to give them. Overall, a fairly neutral Mosque that should be workable within any Muslim's comfort level.