Mosque es-selam
Building a mosque and community center embodies the essence of the Quranic verse, “The mosques of Allah shall be visited and maintained by such as believe in Allah and the Last Day” (9:18). It’s a humble yet profound act of faith, bringing together believers to worship, learn, and support one another. This center will stand as a place of unity and peace, where the community can grow in spirituality and fellowship, fulfilling a vital role in the lives of current and future generations. Help us create a welcoming space that serves as a foundation for a stronger, compassionate community.
The majority of 2016 was spent on designing Es-Selam Mosque, the community center and the youth football stadium. Before we signed a contract with Neumann Monson's architects, we held a preliminary meeting with the Dallas County Zoning and Planning Development to ensure that we could build the mosque with a minaret. They informed us that there were no obstacles and that we could build the minaret as planned in the designs. By the end of the year, we successfully completed the design process together with the following teams:
- Neumann Monson architects
- Raker Rhodes structural engineers
- KCL mechanical, electrical, plumbing engineers
- CEC civil engineers
- Allender Butzke - rebar, inspection, soil testing, concrete samples
In 2020, we began building the Minaret, a signature component of traditional mosques. This build was completed by Safet TabokoviÄ, a master craftsman, trained in building minarets using the traditional Bosnian/Turkish method. He constructed the minaret largely on his own by fabricating intricate metal molds that shaped the concrete casting.
- Started work on interior finishes
- Stairs, glass railing, ceramic tiles, painting
- Final grading
- Started work on youth soccer stadium
- Interior finishes, doors, and hardware painting
- Network implementation started - both the existing structure (Funeral Home/Masjid) and the new Mosque/Community center were adopted into a new combined network setup.
More information coming soon...