{"id":1996,"date":"2020-04-05T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nauthemes.com\/wp\/alim\/?page_id=1996"},"modified":"2024-05-03T21:32:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T03:32:57","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gicharvey.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1996\" class=\"elementor elementor-1996\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f97a6cd elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f97a6cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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Doing\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"srv-wrap3\">\n                        <div class=\"row\">\n                            <div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-12 col-lg-4\">\n                                <div class=\"srv-mckp\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gicharvey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/services-1-e1711710798428.jpg\" alt=\"about-image\">\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-lg-8\">\n                                <div class=\"remove-ext5\">\n                                    <div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-lg-6\">\n                                            <div class=\"srv-box3 noanim\" data-wow-duration=\"1s\">\n                                                <div class=\"srv-ttl\">\n                                                    <i class=\"flaticon-muslim-praying\"><\/i>\n                                                    <h4><a href = \"https:\/\/gicharvey.com\/index.php\/services\/jumma-prayer\/\">Jumma Prayer<\/a><\/h4>\n                                                    <span>Jumma Prayer<\/span>\n                                                <\/div>\n                                                <p>At Ghousia Islamic Center, we take immense pride in providing a spiritually uplifting and welcoming environmen...<\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-lg-6\">\n                                            <div class=\"srv-box3 noanim\" data-wow-duration=\"2s\">\n                                                <div class=\"srv-ttl\">\n                                                    <i class=\"flaticon-mosque\"><\/i>\n                                                    <h4><a href = \"https:\/\/gicharvey.com\/index.php\/services\/ramadan-taraweeh\/\">Ramadan Taraweeh<\/a><\/h4>\n                                                    <span>Ramadan Taraweeh<\/span>\n                                                <\/div>\n                                                <p>Ramadan, the holy month of fasting, is a time of immense spiritual significance for Muslims around the world. ...<\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-lg-6\">\n                                            <div class=\"srv-box3 noanim\" data-wow-duration=\"3s\">\n                                                <div class=\"srv-ttl\">\n          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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghousia Islamic Center\u2019s history originally started in 2005, with the commemoration of Gyarwih Sharif on a monthly basis. These blessed gatherings occurred in the homes of many individuals following the spiritual path. Soon after many years of consistent gatherings, we decided it was time to begin prayers on a daily basis.\u00a0 small prayer hall in a basement located at 15028 Broadway Ave, Harvey, IL was established in 2011.\u00a0 Five times daily prayers and Jummah services were now being offered in addition to Daily Evening Madrasa for the youth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The center soon gained traction in the South-Chicago area and after five years, Jumaah Prayers began to get over-populated and the need for a much larger center was needed. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"thm-btn brd-rd40\" href=\"#\" title=\"\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b2eccc0 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2eccc0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f1980f\" data-id=\"2f1980f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62c3352 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pillars\" data-id=\"62c3352\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pillars.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gap black-layer opc8\"><div class=\"fixed-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/gicharvey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jumma-scaled.jpg);\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container pillar_head alim\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sec-title2 text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sec-title-inner2\"><span>About Essential<\/span><h3 itemprop=\"headline\">Pillars of Islam<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"remove-ext3\"><ul class=\"plrs-wrp text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class = \"wow noanim\" data-wow-duration=\"1s\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"plr-bx\"><i class=\"flaticon-clicker brd-rd50\"><\/i><h5 itemprop=\"headline\">Shahadah<\/h5><span class=\"theme-clr\">(Faith)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class = \"wow noanim\" data-wow-duration=\"2s\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"plr-bx\"><i class=\"flaticon-muslim-man-praying brd-rd50\"><\/i><h5 itemprop=\"headline\">Salah<\/h5><span class=\"theme-clr\">(Prayer)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class = \"wow noanim\" data-wow-duration=\"3s\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"plr-bx\"><i class=\"flaticon-islamic-ramadan brd-rd50\"><\/i><h5 itemprop=\"headline\">Sawm<\/h5><span class=\"theme-clr\">(Fasting)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class = \"wow noanim\" data-wow-duration=\"4s\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"plr-bx\"><i class=\"flaticon-charity brd-rd50\"><\/i><h5 itemprop=\"headline\">Zakat<\/h5><span class=\"theme-clr\">(Almsgiving)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class = \"wow noanim\" data-wow-duration=\"5s\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"plr-bx\"><i class=\"flaticon-kaaba-building brd-rd50\"><\/i><h5 itemprop=\"headline\">Hajj<\/h5><span class=\"theme-clr\">(Pilgrimage)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things We Are Doing Jumma Prayer Jumma Prayer At Ghousia Islamic Center, we take immense pride in providing a spiritually uplifting and welcoming environmen&#8230; Ramadan Taraweeh Ramadan Taraweeh Ramadan, the holy month of fasting, is a time of immense spiritual significance for Muslims around the world. &#8230; Community Service Community Service At Ghousia Islamic Center, we are committed to serving our community and making a positive impact on the lives&#8230; Quran Classes Quran Classes At Ghousia Islamic Center, we firmly believe in nurturing the spiritual growth and development of our younger &#8230; Mission Statement Ghousia Islamic Center\u2019s history originally started in 2005, with the commemoration of Gyarwih Sharif on a monthly basis. These blessed gatherings occurred in the homes of many individuals following the spiritual path. Soon after many years of consistent gatherings, we decided it was time to begin prayers on a daily basis.\u00a0 small prayer hall in a basement located at 15028 Broadway Ave, Harvey, IL was established in 2011.\u00a0 Five times daily prayers and Jummah services were now being offered in addition to Daily Evening Madrasa for the youth. The center soon gained traction in the South-Chicago area and after five years, Jumaah Prayers began to get over-populated and the need for a much larger center was needed. Read More About Essential Pillars of Islam Shahadah (Faith) Salah (Prayer) Sawm (Fasting) Zakat (Almsgiving) Hajj (Pilgrimage)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1996","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gicharvey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gicharvey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gicharvey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gicharvey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gicharvey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1996"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/gicharvey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4839,"href":"https:\/\/gicharvey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1996\/revisions\/4839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gicharvey.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}