Yonkers Islamic Center, was established and started in July of 1995, It was incorporated the following year by Brother Hassan, Sister Mairah, Talib Abdul Rashid and Imam Adamu, A . M . Sulleiman.
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Yonkers Islamic Center was recognized as Tax excepmt under 50 , 3 between the period of 1997 - 99.
YIC is the first ever Islamic religious institution in the history of the city of Yonkers, serving the Muslim community of Yonkers and it's neighboring cities like The Brone , Mx.vernon and the entire westchester.
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It started with a handfull of Brothers and Sisters in a community room of 95 Riverdale, Yonkers with Imam Adamu Sulleiman as the Imam brother Hassan as the treasure and sister Mariya as its secretary.