Islamic Center of San Antonio mosque in San Antonio, TX
4.7
6 reviews

Islamic Center of San Antonio

8638 Fairhaven, San Antonio, TX

Sunni (Traditional)

In the early nineties, members of San Antonio's Muslim community began meeting in stores and apartments throughout the city to pray. In 1992, the community pooled resources to purchase the large, open expanse of land on Fairfield Avenue that now houses the Islamic Center of San Antonio, the city's largest mosque. The Center opened in 1997. Today, the Center is rapidly expanding to meet the needs of its 700 regular members. This masjid is heavily involved in interfaith activities. Mosque is largely Arabic and then Indian/Pakistani.

Photos

Photo of Islamic Center of San Antonio
Zain MughalApr 18, 2025

Hours

MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
WednesdayClosed
ThursdayClosed
Friday12:30 PM - 12:00 AM
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed

Location

8638 Fairhaven, San Antonio, TX

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Inna Elshair

Jan 10, 20161 review
5

I have visited IslamicCenter of San Antonio quite a few times. The masjid itself is nice and clean, Alhamdulillah. The quality of khutbas is very poor, the speaker yells and sometimes misrepresents Islam in his message saying the things which are not true like if you missed Khutba, then you missed the whole salat (prayer). I would be very cautious to invite non-Moslems to visit as yelling by Imam again makes Islam look bad and no wonder people simply leave. Mothers who bring their little kids who fuss and cry should be given the opportunity to pray separately as it is also very distracting. Regardless, many good people attend this place and it us family friendly.

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Farhan Khan

Jun 21, 201428 reviews
5

MashaAllah one of the most beautiful masjid I have ever been to in states. Very clean and well organized. Highly recommended to visit.

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khadija Ramirez

Feb 11, 20131 review
5

Salam Alaykum to all, I am an American convert now 6 yrs. inshaALLAH, I recently moved here to San Antonio I have gone to this Masjid on Fairhaven and a few others, depending on where Im working that week, this one is really nice, all the sisters are pleasant, the atmosphere is calm. go enjoy be at peace. ALLAH hafiz Khadija

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Nik Muhammad Naim Nik Ghazali

Dec 27, 20123 reviews
5

This is the best masjid/mosque I have ever seen in the United States

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Alaan Savoy

Aug 12, 20092 reviews
3

Most Muslims come to this Masjid because it's the most known (and probably biggest) in town. There are mostly Arabs and American converts here. There used to be a bigger mix but as usual, due to personal interests now unfortunatley there is a Pakistani/Indian masjid, a black masjid, etc. Specifically with this masjid, they have a nice place to to the wudu. They had a whole separate room for the sisters with one of the special mirrors that they can see the main prayer hall but no one could see in. But then they they decided to do construction there and the women had to pray in the hallway. What an awful and unsafe idea. The imam at the time made good speeches and wasn't really friendly. He saw a friend of mine talking to a man, actually trying to help this immigrant and he got angry and chased her off the grounds throwing rocks. Is this Islam? At the time, I know a few people who were unhappy with the Imam and went to other masjids. I never had any issue with him and I liked the few khutbahs I heard. Also, since this is the most famous masjid in the area they have a lot of guest speakers which is also a plus.

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Zohra Siddiqi

Sep 19, 2008102 reviews
5

Very Clean. Nice people. Highly recommended.