Masjid Darussalam

DarusSalam, Lombard Masjid DarusSalam is a large (87,000 square feet of building space) masjid and Islamic community center in Lombard. The local Muslim community, through the DarusSalam Foundation, purchased the 6.5 acre land parcel that would be the future site of the Masjid in 2007, and construction of the Masjid was completed in 2013.  In 2015, the community purchased an additional 3.5-acre parcel of land to expand parking capabilities to accommodate up to 400 vehicles. In 2021, the community completed construction of their Islamic Seminary Campus (https://masjidds.org/masjid/about-us/). The DausSalam Seminary is an Islamic school that teaches “traditional Islamic sciences”, from the grade school level and Sunday school programs, to a seven year academic program called the “Takmīl program” intended to “…educate the next generation of scholars, lecturers, researchers, thinkers, and academics” in the study of Islam (https://masjidds.org/seminary/alim-course/). The main building is the masjid, which hosts regular prayer services throughout the day and week, but the community’s campus also includes twenty classrooms, multiple large libraries of Islamic writings and books, a banquet hall, a facility for funerals, and a full-sized gymnasium and fitness center. In addition to prayer services, the community hosts regular speakers and seminars, as well as large community gatherings and observances of major Islamic religious holidays. (By Charles Townsend)