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Masjid Al-Rahmah, on Johnnycake Road. A home for Baltimore’s Muslims since 1969, open for every prayer.

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From Shaffer Hall to Johnnycake Road

Fifty-seven years ago a few families prayed in a borrowed room at Johns Hopkins. Today more than 3,000 people call Masjid Al-Rahmah their masjid.

  1. 1969

    Sundays at Shaffer Hall

    A handful of families, among them three Muslim doctors, met at Johns Hopkins University to pray, read Quran and learn Arabic. Friday prayer was held on campus too.

  2. 1982

    Masjid Al-Rahmah

    Bazaars on the Hopkins campus raised the first funds. ISB bought eight acres on Johnnycake Road and built a masjid for 180 people. On Fridays, 300 squeezed in.

  3. 1987

    A school of our own

    Al-Rahmah School opened with 27 students and a gym beside the masjid. The Quran Academy and the Sunday school followed, and the multipurpose hall was finished in 1997.

  4. 2016

    A president visits

    On 3 February 2016 President Obama made his first visit to an American mosque as president here, and spoke to a full hall about the place of Muslims in American life.

  5. 2024

    Three times the size, and a minaret

    The building has tripled in size. In 2024 a 78 foot minaret went up beside it, the first at a major Baltimore masjid, so the masjid finally matches the logo.

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Seventy-eight feet, and the masjid finally matches its logo

For years the ISB logo had a minaret and the masjid didn’t. In 2024 one went up beside the entrance: the first at a major Baltimore masjid, and the only free-standing tower of its kind in Maryland. It is silent. The adhan comes from your phone.

  1. 5

    The spire

    A dome in the red of the masjid’s domes, a gold spire and a crescent, 78 feet up.

  2. 4

    The drums

    Round tiers wrapped in a scale lattice, then an open ring of columns that glows at night.

  3. 3

    The balcony

    An octagonal platform like a muezzin’s balcony, its rail made of star-tile screens.

  4. 2

    The shaft

    Eight sided, with tall lattice slots, and the Shahada carved in a band around the top.

  5. 1

    The base

    Four piers on a 12 foot square, a round arch on every side with a lattice screen in its head and a smaller arch hanging below, open underneath.

The minaret from below at dusk: the octagonal shaft, the Shahada band and the lattice tiers
Close up of the star lattice screen in one of the minaret’s base arches

More than a masjid

A school, a free clinic, a cafe, a gym, a funeral home and a seniors’ village, all on eight acres off Johnnycake Road.

Families on the lawn in front of the masjid after Eid prayer, the domes and minaret behind them

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Flyer: Visit a Mosque Day
Flyer: The Eternal Message: The Covenant We Carry
Flyer: The Art of Recitation with Tajweed
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From a room at Johns Hopkins to eight acres on Johnnycake Road, every step was paid for by this community. Give once or every month, through Masjid Fikra.

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  • الرَّحْمَٰنAr-RahmanThe Most Merciful
  • الرَّحِيمAr-RahimThe Bestower of Mercy
  • الْمَلِكAl-MalikThe King
  • الْقُدُّوسAl-QuddusThe Most Holy
  • السَّلَامAs-SalamThe Source of Peace
  • الْمُؤْمِنAl-Mu’minThe Giver of Faith
  • الْغَفَّارAl-GhaffarThe Forgiving
  • الْوَهَّابAl-WahhabThe Giver of Gifts
  • الرَّزَّاقAr-RazzaqThe Provider
  • الْفَتَّاحAl-FattahThe Opener
  • الْعَلِيمAl-‘AlimThe All Knowing
  • اللَّطِيفAl-LatifThe Subtle One
  • الْحَلِيمAl-HalimThe Forbearing
  • الْكَرِيمAl-KarimThe Generous
  • الْوَدُودAl-WadudThe Loving
  • الْمَجِيدAl-MajidThe Glorious
  • الْحَقّAl-HaqqThe Truth
  • التَّوَّابAt-TawwabThe Accepter of Repentance
  • الْعَفُوّAl-‘AfuwThe Pardoner
  • الرَّءُوفAr-Ra’ufThe Kind
  • النُّورAn-NurThe Light
  • الْهَادِيAl-HadiThe Guide
  • الصَّبُورAs-SaburThe Patient
The main prayer hall: turquoise carpet with a gold medallion, a ring of windows under a round ceiling
The entrance of Masjid Al-Rahmah at night: the Shahada, Muhammad and Allah roundels lit gold above the lattice arches and the glass doors

Visit

Everyone is welcome at Masjid Al-Rahmah, Muslim or not. Come for a prayer, a class or a cup of chai at Barakah Bistro.

6631 Johnnycake RoadBaltimore, MD 21244(410) 747-4869
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The way in
From I-695 take exit 17 west towards Security Boulevard. Turn left on Rolling Road, then left at the third light onto Johnnycake Road. Keep left at the fork; ISB is the first entrance on the right.
Office
Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm, weekends 9 am to 1 pm.
Open house
Visit a Mosque Day, Saturday 7 November, 2 to 5:30 pm: a tour, Q&A with scholars, calligraphy and refreshments.