{"id":71357,"date":"2020-12-02T14:31:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T14:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=71357"},"modified":"2020-12-05T15:13:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T15:13:15","slug":"construction-on-new-mosque-in-jersey-city-now-underway-to-meet-needs-of-growing-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/71357-construction-on-new-mosque-in-jersey-city-now-underway-to-meet-needs-of-growing-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction on new mosque in Jersey City now underway to meet needs of growing community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-02_18-51-01-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-02_18-51-01-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-02_18-51-01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-02_18-51-01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-02_18-51-01-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-02_18-51-01.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>A new place of worship is rising in the heart of Jersey City.<br>The Muslim Federation of New Jersey, a Jersey City-based Islamic nonprofit, broke ground on a new mosque last month at its McGinley Square headquarters.<br>The new, roughly 17,000 square-foot mosque will include two floors and a mezzanine, as well as a dome and minaret. Renderings of the project show a sleek, white-and-green building flanked by trees.<br>A line of shops and 62 parking spaces adjacent to the property, also owned by the Muslim Federation, will receive improvements as well.<br>\u201cThe community is growing, so we need a bigger place,\u201d Arshad Chatha, president of the Muslim Federation, said. \u201cSince this is a religious place, we should make it beautiful and it should be presentable.\u201d<br>The project, designed by Manhattan-based GRO Architects, is a testament to Jersey City\u2019s burgeoning Muslim community. Chatha estimated that the city\u2019s Muslim population has more than tripled since he arrived in the 1980s. In those days, he said, Muslim residents would gather at each other\u2019s homes to pray.<br>After the Federation acquired the property at 530 Montgomery St. in 2000, they founded a mosque on the land. But that building, which Chatha called \u201cvery old\u201d and \u201cnot enough,\u201d was demolished to make way for the new mosque.<br>\u201cThe population grew tremendously over the last decade at least,\u201d he said.<br>The new facility will have the capacity to accommodate between 500 and 600 congregants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new place of worship is rising in the heart of Jersey City.The Muslim Federation of New Jersey, a Jersey City-based Islamic nonprofit, broke ground on a new mosque last month at its McGinley Square headquarters.The new, roughly 17,000 square-foot mosque will include two floors and a mezzanine, as well as a dome and minaret. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":71460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,31,30],"tags":[2059,214],"class_list":["post-71357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-america","category-news","category-world","tag-jersey-city","tag-mosque"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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