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Minutes of the Meeting of the General Body of The Islamic Center of Orange Park,

July 18, 2026.

The meeting of the Islamic Center of Orange Park (ICOP) General Body (GB) was held on

Saturday July 18, 2026 at 1:00 pm at Collins Road Masjid.

1. Over hundred brothers and sisters attended the meeting.

2. The sole agenda of the meeting was to discuss the site and interior plan for the new

masjid.

3. The meeting started with the recitation of the Holy Quran.

4. Br. Ubaid Khokhar briefed about the progress so far and presented the site and inside

plan for the masjid with the help of slides. He reported that the masjid will be able to

accommodate 500 persons to pray at one time. He also elaborated that the building will

be 10,000 sq ft covered area, 35% of which will be the prayer area while remaining 65%

will have a hallway, a lobby, a meeting/break room, a multi-purpose room connected to

prayer area for women, separate washrooms and wudu areas for men and women, a

mechanical room and a janitorial closet. It was reported that Br. Ibrahim Bha, a civil

engineer in our community is representing this community with any city or state agencies

involved in the planning and design phase of the masjid. It was also reported that all

information will be placed on our website and community was requested to review all the

details and provide your input if any.

5. The forum was then opened for questions and answers which are summarized below.

a. On a question, it was clarified that the masjid will have a reserved area to be

developed as a playground for children.

b. It was reported on a question that the civil design work will take a year to

complete and start of construction is expected in about a year.

c. It was asked if the mosque at College Road will be abolished once this new

masjid is completed. It was emphasized that attendance to the mosque should be

the major focus implying that if there are members effectively using that

mosques, there is no reason to abolish it. Secondly, it is not considered as

permissible to abolish a mosque once it is established.

d. On a cost estimation it was reported to be around 1.5 million. However, the real

cost estimate will be available once the civil design work is complete. It was also

reported that there is a separate bank account for construction and currently, we

have an amount of $ 150,000.00 in that account. The balance in operating, charity

and direct debit accounts was also reported.

e. On a question about accountability, it was reported that a project committee

overseas the whole project. Then, there is a construction committee of the board

of directors and the board of directors. It was agreed that the composition of these

committees will be added to the website.

f. On the issue of transparency, it was reported that details of funds collection and

expenses will be recorded and made periodically available.

g. It was suggested that we should display the requirements and progress on funds

collection status to which it was agreed to do it after the official cost estimate is

available.

6. The meeting was adjourned with Dua by Br. Ubaid.

Jazakallah

Muhammad Farooq

Secretary

ICOP Masjid