Why visit
Masjid Al-Qur'an at 35 Intervale Street carries one of American Islam's most remarkable stories: rooted in a 1930s community, once the Nation of Islam's Temple #11 - led at one point by Malcolm X - and guided from the 1970s into mainstream Sunni practice under Imam Shakir Mahmoud, taking its current name in 1984. Today it serves a congregation that remains anchored in Dorchester's African-American Muslim community while welcoming Muslims from everywhere, with khutbahs moving naturally between English and Arabic. For visitors interested in how Islam took root in America, Friday prayer here is quietly moving. Halal groceries and eateries dot nearby Blue Hill Avenue.
