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Dar Al-Farooq Center (DFC)

Mosque and youth and family center in Bloomington serving Somali, Arab, and East African families, with a dugsi and Al Jazari Institute classes.

Dugsi Quran School

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Location

Bloomington, Minnesota

Grades

Children (dugsi) through adults

Languages

Somali, Arabic, English

About this school

Dar Al-Farooq Center (DFC) is a mosque and community center at 8201 Park Avenue South in Bloomington, next to Smith Park, run by the nonprofit Al Jazari Institute. It opened in 2011 in a former elementary school building and serves Muslim families across the Twin Cities, with Friday khutbahs given in Somali, Arabic, and English. Education programs include a dugsi teaching Quran, Arabic, and Islamic studies to children, the Al Jazari Institute's adult and sisters' programs, an Arabic language program, and a New Muslim class, alongside youth sports and family activities in its two gymnasiums.

Programs

Dugsi: Quran, Arabic, and Islamic studies for children Al Jazari Institute adult and sisters' programs Arabic language program Islamic University of Minnesota classes New Muslim class Youth sports and family programs

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