Without teh Google: Where was the first purpose built mosque in North America?

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1934..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Mosque_of_America

The Mother Mosque of America, once known as The Rose of Fraternity Lodge and also known as Moslem Temple, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, is the first permanent structure to be built specifically to serve as a mosque in North America. It narrowly beat out the Al-Rashid Mosque in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

[hlthe2b]

1. hmm... I'd have thought maybe DC

[Fumesucker]

2. Certainly not in "Real 'Murika", eh? n/t

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3. Iowa! I knew it, but didn't know the city or date. thanks!

Some other Iowa firsts:

The University of Iowa was

* The first public university in the country to admit women and men on an equal basis (1855)
* The first public U.S. university to grant a law degree to woman (Mary B. Hickey Wilkinson, 1873)
* The first public U.S. university to grant a law degree to African American (G. Alexander Clark, 1879)
* First university to devote a program to rehabilitating children with disabilities
* The first state university to officially recognize the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Allied Union (1970)
* The first public university in the country to offer insurance benefits to employees' domestic partners (1993)

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4. And it was the subject of song by Napoleon XIV..

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmTHCDws1LQ