Birnin Alexandria na jihar Virginia, gida ce ga al'ummar musulmi daban-daban, wadanda suka fito daga kasashe daban-daban da kuma wurare daban-daban. A cewar Cibiyar Bincike ta Pew, Virginia gida ce ga Musulmai kimanin 260,000, wanda ke da kusan kashi 3% na yawan jama'ar jihar.
Larabawa, Pakistan, da sauran baƙi na Islama sun kasance wani ɓangare na al'ummar musulmi a Alexandria tun farkon karni na 20. Galibin musulmin yankin sun fito ne daga Kudancin Asiya, Gabas ta Tsakiya, da Afirka. Da yawa sun zo yankin don yin aiki a fannin fasaha, gwamnati, da kuma kiwon lafiya.
Ɗaya daga cikin manyan cibiyoyin Musulunci a Alexandria ita ce Cibiyar Musulunci ta Arewacin Virginia (ICNV). An kafa ICNV a shekarar 1976, tana aiki a matsayin masallaci, cibiyar al'umma, da kuma cibiyar ilimi. Cibiyar tana ba da shirye-shirye da ayyuka daban-daban ga al'ummar Musulmi na yankin , ciki har da karatun Alƙur'ani, azuzuwan ilimin Musulunci, da ayyukan matasa. ICNV kuma tana ba da ayyukan zamantakewa, kamar rarraba abinci da taimakon kuɗi, ga waɗanda ke cikin buƙata.
Wani masallacin da ke yankin shi ne Cibiyar Musulunci ta Dar Al-Hijrah. Masallacin da ke kusa da Cocin Falls, Virginia, yana hidima ga Musulmai daga Alexandria da kewaye. Cibiyar Musulunci ta Dar Al-Hijrah ta shahara da kokarin wayar da kan jama'a, da suka hada da gudanar da harkokin addinai da ayyukan hidimar al'umma.
Baya ga masallatai, akwai kuma makarantun islamiyya a birnin Iskandariya, kamar makarantar Al-Huda. An kafa makarantar a 1995, makarantar Al-Huda makaranta ce mai zaman kanta wacce ke ba da ilimi tun daga preschool zuwa makarantar sakandare. Makarantar tana bin tsarin karatu ne wanda ya dunkule koyarwar Musulunci a cikin kowane fanni.
Al'ummar Musulmi a Alexandria kuma tana karbar bakuncin bukukuwa da bukukuwa da dama a duk shekara. Ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da suka faru shine Eid al-Fitr, wanda ke nuna ƙarshen Ramadan. Al'ummar Musulmi a Alexandria suna taruwa don yin biki tare da abinci, addu'a, da tarukan iyali. Bikin Eid al-Adha wani muhimmin abu ne a kalandar Musulunci , wanda ke tunawa da yardar Annabi Ibrahim na sadaukar da ɗansa ga Allah.
Al'ummar Musulmi a Alexandria na fuskantar kalubale na musamman, kamar wariya da kyamar Musulunci. Al'ummar musulmi dai na fuskantar laifukan kyama da kalaman kyamar baki a 'yan shekarun nan. Duk da haka, al'ummar musulmi suna aiki don gina gadoji tare da sauran al'ummomin addini kuma sun kulla kawance da kungiyoyi na gida don yaki da ƙiyayya da son zuciya.
A ƙarshe, al’ummar Musulmi a birnin Alexandria na Jihar Virginia, al’umma ce mai ɗimbin ɗimbin ɗimbin jama’a, waɗanda suka ƙunshi mutane daga ƙasashe daban-daban. Al'umma suna da haɗin kai ta bangaskiyarsu da kuma sha'awar gina kyakkyawar makoma ga kansu da iyalansu. Tare da tallafin masallatai da cibiyoyin al'umma, al'ummar musulmi a Alexandria na ci gaba da bunkasa duk da kalubalen da suke fuskanta.
Komawa ga Musulunci a Amurka
