Mosques, halal markets, and community contacts, city by city.
Key neighborhoods: South Bronx (163rd to 175th St corridor) ยท Harlem (116th St) ยท Brooklyn Bay Ridge
"The South Bronx corridor between 163rd and 175th Street on Grand Concourse is the historic heartbeat of West African Muslim life in New York City. You will find African restaurants, halal chicken markets, shops that ship goods to West Africa, and multiple mosques all within walking distance. Harlem's 116th Street has a West African open-air market operating since 1999, right next to Masjid Malcolm Shabazz."
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2116 18th St NW, Washington DC 20009
(202) 265-7100
Get directions โ"Most Fulani in the DC area settle in Silver Spring and Hyattsville in Maryland, both directly connected to Washington DC by the Metro. The DMV area (DC, Maryland, Virginia) has one of the most active and organized West African Muslim communities on the entire East Coast. Interestingly, one of the earliest known Muslim residents in DC history was Yarrow Mamout, a Fulani Muslim who lived as a free man and property owner in Washington in the 1800s. Our people have been part of this city for centuries."
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560 Fayetteville Rd SE, Atlanta, GA 30316
(404) 378-1600
Get directions โAfrican grocery stores concentrated throughout the Clarkston, Decatur, and Doraville areas
Get directions โ"Clarkston, just east of Atlanta, is called the most diverse square mile in America and has a large and welcoming African refugee and immigrant population, making it one of the easiest places in the South for a new arrival to feel at home. Buford Highway NE is the main corridor for halal food, African grocery shopping, and Muslim community life. Al-Farooq Masjid on 14th Street even has a halal market and Islamic bookstore right next to the mosque."
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11815 Adel Rd, Houston, TX 77067
(281) 537-1946
Get directions โMultiple West African and halal markets throughout SW Houston
Get directions โ"Houston has over 70 mosques and is one of the most affordable major cities in the US for new arrivals. The Alief and Southwest Houston corridor along Bellaire Blvd is the center of West African Muslim community life, with halal markets, African restaurants, and mosques all within close reach. Houston also has no state income tax, which makes it especially attractive for Fulani families getting established. The Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH) operates 21 centers across the city."
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"Devon Avenue in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood is one of the best streets in America for halal food, Muslim groceries, and community life. You will find butchers, bakeries, spice shops, and restaurants representing dozens of Muslim cultures. Bridgeview's Mosque Foundation draws over 10,000 worshippers every single Friday. It is one of the most powerful congregations in the country. Chicago has over 100 mosques total and a long, proud African American Muslim history."
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1025 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007
(323) 733-9938
Get directions โLeimert Park and Crenshaw District, Los Angeles
Get directions โHalal stores and African groceries, Compton, CA
Get directions โ"Los Angeles has one of the most ethnically diverse Muslim communities in the United States, with African, Iranian, Indonesian, Pakistani, and African American Muslims all sharing the same city. The African Muslim community centers on South LA. Inglewood, Carson, Compton, and Leimert Park. The King Fahad Mosque in Culver City is one of the most architecturally stunning mosques in the country, built as a gift from Saudi Arabia with handmade Turkish marble and a 72-foot gold-crescent minaret. It holds 2,000 worshippers."
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What our community looks like
These are not stock photos. This is the Al Ada community dinner. Fulani families, elders, and young people gathered the way we always have. When you arrive in any of these cities, this is the community waiting for you.
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