About Us

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

Site designed for ARIC by Hasina Nusratty

In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

May the blessings of Allah be with you on Eid ul Fitr and always!