More than 70 years since its founding, the Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center is officially being recognized by North Carolina with a Highway Historical Marker as the state’s first mosque.
Cheers and yells of “Allahu akbar!”, or “God is greater!” broke out when the marker was unveiled on Friday afternoon, commemorating state recognition of the historically Black mosque in Durham’s West End.
Established in 1956 by Imam Kenny Muhammad from Baltimore, the Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center remains a centerpiece of Durham’s African American Muslim community, playing a key role in the expansion of Islam in the state…