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ACCESSIBILITY
 - Parking available
 - Handicapped access
 - Public transit
FACILITIES & SERVICES
 - Restrooms on site
 - Kitchen/food service
 - Friday services
WOMEN'S ACCOMODATIONS
 - No barrier in main hall
 - Barrier in main hall
 - Separate prayer area
 - No women's accomodation
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Islamic Society of Boston |
3 reviews
Rating: 3.7 |
Description: One of the larger mosques in the Boston area, it offers daily prayers, jumah, and has numerous programs for the local community. |
Denomination: Sunni (Traditional)
Demographics: Multicultural
Prayers offered: All including jum'a
Language of Friday khutbah: English
Imam: Unknown
Director/President: Salma Kazmi
Type of governance: Unknown
Women in leadership: Allowed to serve
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Women's area: Separate prayer area
Children's area: None
Restrooms: Clean restrooms
Parking: None
Transit access: None
Disabled access: None
Phone: (617) 876-3546
Website: http://www.isboston.org
Email: info@isboston.org
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Youth group, Women's program, Arabic classes, Quran classes, Lecture series, Interfaith dialogue, Political organizing, ( add more...)
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 The place is clean, quiet, and well-run (for a mosque), but the separate prayer areas and increasingly conservative agenda turn me off.
Submitted on 2005-11-07 by NakiaJ | |
This is really the only option for prayer in Cambridge if you are not going to go to one of the university MSA musallahs. And as another brother mentioned it is pretty accesible - short walk from the Central Square subway station and it has ample parking. The masjid is beautifully decorated on the outside, pretty plain and utilitarian on the inside. It gets a lot of use and that shows with things such as the carpeting, particularly in the women's area, where little children tend to run wild and spill juice and food in the prayer space. The men's prayer space is much better maintained. Because men and women pray on different floors if the PA system is not working it is not possible to hear the imam. Women sometimes pray or sit (to listen to lectures) on the main (men's) floor behind dividers. The core congregation is strongly Arabic - mostly from the Maghreb and Egypt, but there are of course other ethnic groups represented. Because the mosque demographic is widening more programs led by native English speakers would be welcome. It is not uncommon for brothers to use the "women's entrance" at the back of the masjid and it can sometimes be difficult to get simple things done or draw attention to matters when brothers are reluctant to deal with, even in a cursory way, unrelated women. Given that women and their children make up a good portion of the mosque's users it would be good to have women represented more in the mosque administration.
Submitted on 2005-06-16 by ruhafsa | |
 Major mosque in the Boston area, located near Central Square in Cambridge. Has all prayer services, easy to get to, has a good community, and strives to maintain it as such.
Submitted on 2005-06-15 by AliC36 | |
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