Naperville, Illinois is a southwestern suburb of Chicago with a strong and growing Muslim community consisting of Muslims of many ethnic backgrounds. Since 1991, Islamic Center of Naperville (ICN) has served the needs of this diverse group of Muslims in Naperville and the surrounding areas.

The Masjid holds five daily prayers seven days a week, including the Friday congregational prayer, Al-Jumu'ah. Also, ICN holds Taraweeh prayers during Ramadan, and both Eid prayers at a nearby location that can accommodate a voluminous attendance at these events.

ICN also runs a fulltime pre-school for 3-5 year old children as well as a weekend school.
Naperville is one of the fastest growing cities in all of North America. It was named by The National Civic League as the Number One choice in America for raising families based on its excellent schools, parks, low crime rate, "kid- friendliness", and general quality of life.

The nearby towns of Bolingbrook, Lisle, Warrenville, Woodridge and the Fox Valley Villages (in Aurora) have also seen heavy influx of new residents due to superior quality of life offered by the entire Southwest DuPage County Region.

In addition to the secular advantages this area offers, Muslim families have found excellent religious and community life in this area, through the Islamic Center of Naperville.

Besides daily prayers at the ICN Masjid, the organization runs a successful weekend school in Naperville. The school is a regular participant at the Chicago area's pioneering Islamic Knowledge competition run by ICNA (Islamic Circle Of North America). Our children do very well in this competition and our adults take a lot of pain to organize this effort.

We also run a fulltime preschool for 3 to 5 year olds at our faculty at 450 Olesen Drive. In this school, children learn not only the Islamic way of daily living but also reading, writing, arithmetic and geography appropriate to their age group.

We also actively support the aspirations of our young people and strive to provide them all the necessary support needed to fulfill their obligations as Muslim youth growing up in North America. Perhaps that is why our community has grown from about 150 families in 1991 to more than 1,000 families in the present time.