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Main Menu With great pleasure and honor, we welcome you to the Afghan Refugee Islamic Community of Bay Area and the Masjid Abubaker’e Siddiq web site. We thank God the almighty for his gracious mercy that has enabled us to provide some necessary social and religious services to the Afghan community and the rest of the Muslims residing in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. We pray that Allah the almighty (SWT) guide us and forgive our transgressions. Mission: • Arranging educational programs for all member of a family • Promoting Unity among all Muslims • Creating and Promoting relations with Muslim organizations in the greater San Francisco Bay Area • Creating the opportunity and Developing mutual understanding with and among non-Muslims in order to better introduce our Islamic values History: Afghan refugees first started to make the SF Bay Area home in early 80’s and the community started to feel the lack of a center of sort to be able to address the growing needs of very essential services i.e. burial, fateha, Islamic wedding vows, language and religious studies for youngsters, etc. Therefore, in 1985, with the efforts of a few afghan refugees, the first mosque and the basis of the association was born in Hayward, CA. The first Afghan mosque was a rented building that was named Masjid-e Mission, where all five daily prayers, Friday Jama’at and during the month of Ramadan, Taraweh prayers were performed. Within days, the association purchased with installments, 48 burial grounds at Chapel of the Chimes, a distinguished cemetery in Hayward, CA. The members of the association started with a modest $10 per family monthly dues which included all burial and fateha related expenses. Today, we are happy to say that our membership stands at around 2000 members. With the help of our members and community fund raisings, the first ever Afghan mosque, Masjid-e Abubaker’e Siddiq was build and completed in 1997. The building was designed by afghan engineers and now not only one of the most majestic buildings on Mission Blvd in Hayward, CA. but it is one of the most beautiful mosques in the USA with the capacity to hold almost one thousand worshipers. The walls of the mosque, both exterior and interior, are designed with Quranic verses written in mosaic by an Afghan artist. The mosque has a mortuary where Islamic pre-burial rituals are performed in a state of the art facility.The Afghan Refugee Islamic Community of Bay Area, Inc. is organized under the California Nonprofit Religious Corporation Laws. Administration: The key components of the administration are the Trustees, the Board of Directors and the Board of Officers. Their duties are to convene the General Assembly, oversee the daily operation of the mosque, introduce and implement programs to serve the community and to report to the members on a yearly basis. Current positions are: Trustee:s Mohammad Naim Meskienyar Mohammad Husain Nusratty Board of Directors: Mr. Haji Baba Mr. Mohammad Husain Nusratty Mr. Raz Mohammad Zaray Mr. Mohammad Naim Meskienyar Mrs. Karima Amin Mr. Abdul Samad Mashriqi Mr. Abdul Wakil Miakhail Mr. Mahmood Noori Mr. Ahmadayar Mehrabuddin Mr. Ahmad Ashraf Hairat Mr. Aktar Mohammad Ahmadi Educational Committee: Mr. Raz Mohammad Zaray Mr. Hazratddin Taleb Mrs. Mariam Mojaddedi Mrs. Homa Zazay Mr. Abdul Wakil Miakhail Mr. Fazel Ahmad Abdiani Engineering Committee: Engineer Mehrabuddin Ahmadayar Engineer Taher Sarwary Engineer A. Najib Barati Engineer Saber Sarwary President: Mohammad Naim Meskienyar Secretary: Mohammad Husain Nusratty Treasurer: Ahmad Ashraf Hairat Imam: Hon. Abdul Basir Dorani Copyright © 2006 - 2008 by the Afghan Refugee Islamic Community of Bay Area (ARIC), All rights reserved. ARIC is not responsible for content of external sites. Site designed for ARIC by Hasina Nusratty
In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful