page_title: Diyanet Center of America
section_title: Affiliated mosques
hierarchical_section_title: Diyanet Center of America / Affiliated mosques
caption_attribution_description: English: Architectural concept
context_page_description: Diyanet Center of America is a non-profit organization funded by the Turkish government that is based in Lanham, Maryland, serving the needs of the Muslims in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The center holds regular Friday congregational prayers, Ramadan dinners, religious holiday celebrations - including Mawlid - and various other social, cultural, and religious activities.
  The center benefits from its proximity to the nation's capital, various federal and state institutions, and schools.
  The complex consists of five main buildings, an underground parking garage, and a geothermal well field on a 15-acre site. The five buildings are a mosque constructed using 16th century classical Ottoman architecture, a cultural center building, a guest house, a fellowship hall with a restaurant and shops, and a recreational building housing a Turkish bath, an indoor pool, and a sports center.
context_section_description: Murat Mosque, Upper Pittsgrove, NJ
  Turkish Islamic Cultural Center of Queens, Sunnyside, NY
  Ulu Mosque of Paterson, Paterson, NJ
  Springfield Imam Buhari Mosque, Indian Orchard, MA
  Eyüp Sultan Mosque, Brooklyn, NY
  Delaware Diyanet Camii, New Castle, DE
  Ahıska Turks Community Center of Kentucky, Louisville, KY
  NJ Burlington County Muslim Association, Burlington, NJ
  Bergen Diyanet Mosque and Cultural Center, Cliffside Park, NJ
  Turkish Society of Rochester Mosque, Rochester, NY
  Long Island Mevlana Mosque, Port Jefferson Station, NY
  Paterson Mevlana Mosque, Paterson, NJ
caption: The mosque at the Diyanet Center of America
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