About Us
ICOPS - A non-Profit religious Organization
Mission Statement
The mission of the Islamic Center is to establish a mosque that serves as a catalyst in enriching the spiritual growth of an active, diverse and united community based on the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), through religious, social and educational programs.
Read more about the history here
Objective
Our overall Objective is to construct a new building or buy an existing building that we could use as a Mosque for the daily prayers; a class room to teach our kids the Holy Quran as well as other aspects of our "Deen" such as how to perform prayers etc., as well as house a playground for the kids. Our aim is to help empower our community members with spiritual education.
Our Vision for the new Hwy 99 Masjid Project
done To accommodate room for about 400 worshipper’s men and women during Jummuah and other Salat times, with more than 100 parking spaces to use at any given time.
done We hope to conduct Nikah (Weeding Ceremony).
done We hope to provide room for the community’s use for Aqiqah (Naming Ceremony).
done We hope to provide an Educational Nursery Day Care for the community.
done We hope to provide Ghusl (Body washing) in the near future.
done We hope to create a Play Ground and a Basketball Court for the community’s use.
done After school homework helpers from the community for the kids.
done Future plan for a monthly clinic run for the community.
Our Vision for the new Hwy 99 Masjid Project
done To accommodate room for about 400 worshipper’s men and women during Jummuah and other Salat times, with more than 100 parking spaces to use at any given time.
done We hope to conduct Nikah (Weeding Ceremony).
done We hope to provide room for the community’s use for Aqiqah (Naming Ceremony).
done We hope to provide an Educational Nursery Day Care for the community.
done We hope to provide Ghusl (Body washing) in the near future.
done We hope to create a Play Ground and a Basketball Court for the community’s use.
done After school homework helpers from the community for the kids.
done Future plan for a monthly clinic run for the community.
Building Stronger and Healthier Communities
ICOPS focuses on developing stronger communities and future leaders by providing and promoting high quality education and community activities in conformity with the religion of Islam for men, women and children. ICOPS is a nonprofit registered in Washington State, IRS 501(C)(3) charitable tax exempted organization.
The organization plans to provide educational programs in a culturally inclusive environment. The goal is to provide weekday schools, weekend and after school programs, after school homework helpers, camping and hiking for the youths during Summer, a playground and basketball court for the community use, mentoring services for the youths especially at risk youths as a way of keeping them of the streets, In-person English as a second language classes for newcomers of all diverse groups in partnership with other NGO's, computer literacy classes, ranging from teaching basic computer use to complete programming courses available to all interested age groups, part-time pre-kindergarten and pre-school activities for kids below the age of 5 etc.
The organization's aim for undertaking any and all programs and actions is to promote harmony and goodwill to benefit all humanity. We also intend to expand outreach and community services like feeding the homeless, adopt-a-highway, open houses, interfaith dialogues etc. The organization is planning to run a MONTHLY WELLNESS CLINIC at the ICOPS Premises open to all communities and ethnicity, in collaboration with community volunteer doctors and nurses and in partnership with other NGO's.. We have purchased a leased to own property located in Lynnwood, Washington State for $2.8 million. We are seeking donations from generous community members to help, so our organization can focus on providing these outstanding services.
ICOPS History
As our community continues to grow, the demand for a place of worship and services such as "Quranic studies" was becoming an essential need. And as many in the community ponder the future of our kids growing up without a solid Islamic religious education, it makes one wonder how our community would look like in the next decades to come.
As we seek answers to many of these questions, many concerned community elders wasted no time in initiating an informal meeting to discuss the idea of establishing an Islamic Center that would serve our community and other Muslims.
So after a series of meetings and extensive discussions among community members, two community meetings were held in March and April of 2012 respectively at various venues. A Steering Committee was formed tasked with the responsibility of electing Board Members. The Board in turn was tasked with the responsibility of formulating a plan to realize this ambitious goal of establishing an Islamic Center.
