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$$M expansion for ACIC
– official opening on June 15
The Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) has completed the first and second phases of a four-phased multi-million dollar upgrade and expansion of its facilities to better serve the needs of its membership and the hundreds of persons who use these facilities each year.
The Complex located at Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara is also the centre of Sunni Islam in Guyana, is the venue for majority of the national Muslim programs in Guyana and headquarters of several organizations and institutions both local and overseas.
According to Public Relations Executive, Reyaz Hussein, the first phase was the construction
A section of the ACIC facility under construction
of a canopy on the western section of the Masjid, just off the main entrance to the Complex. This was done keeping in place, the beautiful architecture of the mosque. This area will be used as an extension of the Masjid when the capacity of the mosque is exhausted and persons have to pray or be seated outside of the masjid.
A wheelchair ramp has been constructed to allow persons utilizing wheelchairs, to gain easy access into the masjid. The entire wudu (ablution) area has been upgraded also.
The second phase involved the construction of a new annex for women praying at the complex. This facility is fully air-conditioned and carries a large television monitor to allow the sisters to see the Imam/Khateeb at Juma Prayers and other activities held in the Masjid itself. The 80 per cent glass facility will also allow the annex to be used as part of the Lecture Hall for programmes and sisters can be in the annex and able to view any programme in the lecture hall, through the one-way glass or on the TV monitor.
The official opening of the venue will be done on Sunday June 15, next at 13.00 hrs at the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex, West Coast Demerara Guyana. World famous female Qaseeda singer, Sister Nazeema Khan, of Toronto, Canada, is expected to grace the event.
Construction has been funded through the contributions of ACIC’s Members, the wider local Muslim community as well as members of its counterpart organizations based in Toronto, Canada.
Invited for the opening are contributors to the projects, the wider Muslim community, Members of the Political Parties, Civic Society, representatives of other religious groups. Delegations are also expected from Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Canada.
He underscored that the organisation works very closely with Guyana’s oldest Islamic organization and only Muslim organization recognized by Parliament—the Guyana United Sadr Islamic Anjuman (GUSIA or SADR) and all of its programmes are held jointly with the GUSIA. Most local and International scholars visiting Guyana have spoken from the podium at ACIC.
Hussein explained that the ACIC is one of the few such institutions in Guyana which produces and circulates publicly, its financial statements each year.
In addition, its facilities have always been open to the attendance from both Muslims and non-Muslims and it shares a good relationship with all Islamic organizations in Guyana as well as all other religious groups.
The programmes and activities at this Complex are second to none in Guyana and is one of the few institutions to be equipped with floodlights for the playing of outdoor games at night.
The Complex serves as the branch for the prestigious Markaz Al Ihsan Center of Higher Islamic Education, with headquarters in Trinidad & Tobago. Veteran Muslim Scholar, Maulana Dr. Waffee Mohamed is the Principal of this Center and visits ACIC each month along with other teachers from the Centre.
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