Atlanta-Area Mosques Open For Hurricane Irma Evacuees

ATLANTA, GA — As evacuees fleeing Hurricane Irma make their way into metro Atlanta from Florida and south Georgia, Muslim places of worship were among the facilities opening their doors to those in need.

Al-Farooq Masjid, the largest mosque in Atlanta, says that 10 congregations in the Atlanta area will be opening as evacuation shelters for Irma evacuees. Most of them will open for registration at 2:45 p.m. Friday, after afternoon prayers, the mosque announced on its website.

Two Islamic centers in the Macon area and one in Savannah also plan on opening their doors to evacuees, the site said, although Savannah is among the coastal communities under a mandatory evacuation order beginning Saturday. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

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The mosques opening as evacuation shelters are:

• Al-Farooq Masjid of Atlanta 442 14th Street NW, Atlanta, Ga. 30318
• Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam (distribution site for food and clothing) 560 Fayetteville Rd SE Atlanta, Ga. 30316
• Masjid Al Furqan 1018 Powder Spring, Marietta, Ga. 30064
• East Cobb Islamic Center 1111 Braswell Rd. Marietta, Ga. 30062
• Darul Huda Masjid 2755 Centerville Hwy. Snellville, Ga. 30078
• Masjid Maryam 3650 Savannah Place Dr. Duluth, Ga.
• Community of Bosniaks 950 Grayson Hwy. Lawrenceville, Ga. 30046
• Masjid Omar Bin Abdul Aziz 955 Harbins Rd. Lilburn, Ga.
• Hamza Islamic Center 665 Tidwell Rd. Alpharetta, Ga. 30004
• Masjid Al-Rahman 1235 Peachtree Pkwy. Cumming, Ga.
• Islamic Center of Macon 2131 Vineville Ave. Macon, Ga.
• Islamic Center of Warner Robins, Centerville, Ga.
• Islamic Center of Savannah 1030 Dutchtown Rd. Savannah, Ga.

Anyone in the Atlanta area interested in volunteering to help at one of the Islamic centers may sign up by clicking here by clicking here. Anyone wishing to make financial donations can do so by clicking here and selecting the option "Sadaqa to Support All Masjid in Atlanta Hosting Hurricane Victims."

Photo by Chris Yunker, via Wikimedia Commons