Mission Statement
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The Islamic Center of San Gabriel Valley aims to preserve the Islamic identity and contribute to the development of a unique Muslim leadership according to the Quran and Sunnah by offering high quality, dynamic services for the physical, mental, and spiritual benefit of the entire community.
To this end, the Islamic Center shall solicit and encourage community participation and activism, and utilize the diverse strengths available in a complementary manner based on a policy of openness, inclusion, diligence, and professionalism resulting in a team environment in which the whole is much greater that the sum of its parts.
History of ICSGV
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What started as a group of Muslim conducting Jummah in someone’s garage as a temporary solution became what we know today Islamic Center of San Gabriel Valley AKA Masjid Quaba. In 1983, a derelict Catholic Church on Walnut Drive was put up for sale. The structure was on the market for the modest sum of $125,000. Within weeks the funds were raised and then paid the full amount within months.
Shortly after the chicken/egg farm and the grass fields were also purchased. A lot of hard work required in renovating the buildings and the field into the parking lot. Subhanallah the community has come a long way. As we were organizing the office and going through some paper work for the new construction project we came across some slides of the old building pictures. Subhanallah we attend the Masjid and may not be aware of the history and how it became the Masjid we see and attend today. There was on thing to do, that was to share the pictures with the community. May be next time we see some of the elders they may able to elaborate and share their experience and it may motivate us all to take part and participate in our new construction project and in improving the Masjid for the benefit of the community. You can see the old building and grass field pictures below. Click Here for the picture gallery.
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With the full trust and Tawakul in Allah, with the hard work of the volunteers and generous donation of the community (financially, physically and time) Masjid Quba was established. There were significant changes in renovation the buildings. Surprisingly the "Multi purpose hall" as we know it today was seems to be used as an activity room (specifically Ping-pong room) Mashallah there were more than about 4 Ping-pong tables according to the pictures. May be we should challange the elders to a game for the old time sake and since it seems they had a lot of practice.You can see the new and end result of the hard work below. Click Here for the picture gallery. |
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Through out the years Alhamdulillah the community has worked hard to improve Islamic Center of San Gabriel Valley's facility, activities and services to accommodate the community and member growth. We hope inshallah to work on the new construction plan to improve. We hope with full trust in Allah and Tawakulillah to work hard and achieve our goals for only Allah's pleasure. |