LIMS History
Presidents Of The Executive Committee
Abdul Huq, Ph.D
April 1990 - December 1990
Muhammad Amzad Hussain, M.D, MBA
January 1991 - December 1996
Mohammed Rafiqur Rahman, R.Ph
January 1997 - December 2000
Mohammed Saleh, MS, R.Ph
January 2001 - December 2006
Afroza Huq, M.Sc
January 2007-June 2009
Mohammed Rafiqur Rahman, R.Ph
July 2009 - March 2011
Lutful Hoque Chowdhury, RPh
March 2011 - July 2011
Mohammad Abdur Rab, Engineer
July 2011 - January 2013
Muhammad Amzad Hussain, MD, MBA
February 2013 - December 2016
Mohammed Rafiqur Rahman R.Ph
January 2017 - December 2018
Prof. Hussain S.Ahmad, MBA, MS
January 2019 - December 2024
Mohibul Islam, P.E
January 2025 - Present
Chairpersons Of The Board Of Trustees
Khondker Abu Sufian, PhD.
1995 - 1997
Lutful Hoque Chowdhury, R.Ph.
1997 - 1999
Muhammad Amzad Hussain, MD, MBA
1999 - 2001
Mohammed Rafiqur Rahman, R.Ph.
2001 - 2009
Mohammed Saleh MS, R.Ph.
2009 - 2015
Mohammed Rafiqur Rahman, R.Ph.
2015 - 2017
Rahat N. Hossain, B. Sc
2017 - 2018
Mohammed Rafiqur Rahman, R.Ph.
2019 - 2020
Rahat N. Hossain, B.Sc.
2021 - Present
LIMS Milestones
LIMS Milestones of Achievement & Growth
1989
August 4, 1989: The Long Island Muslim Society, Inc. was registered.
1990
April 26, 1990: An Ad-hoc committee formed.
1990
December 9, 1990: Adoption of LIMS constitution and By-Laws. Executive Committee elected.
1991
June 1991: Weekend Qur’an classes for children started in a rental space on Hempstead Turnpike, Levittown.
1991
November 29, 1991: LIMS was granted the status of a 501 (C) (3) Not-forprofit, tax-exempt religious organization
1993
December 1993: Purchased property on East Meadow Ave, East Meadow, and moved activities to this location.
1999
July 1999: Purchased adjacent second property.
2002
2002: Application filed with Town of Hempstead for building Islamic Center with a masjid.
2004
2004: LIMS Logo was adopted, and the website launched.
2007
May 2007: Masjid application was approved.
2008
2008-2009: Construction started and completed.
2009
2009: Town of Hempstead Supervisor, the Honorable Kate Murray, inaugurated the opening of the new masjid facility.
2009
Fall of 2009: Privately financed Bangla School opened.
2010
June 2010: Permanent Imam position created, and Imam appointed.
2011
September 2011: LIMS hosted the “Remembrance & Resolve” to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11 tragic events.
2012
June 2012: Purchased another adjacent property and paved a parking lot.
2012
Started the first LIMS Graveyard project in a NY Cemetery.
2014
Purchased graveyard plots and completed allotment of plots in 2015.
2015
Opened a Facebook account to engage in a cyber-social platform for community outreach.
2017
Participated in the National Open Mosque Day: “Building Alliances ~ Bettering Communities” on August 19th .
2019
Second floor construction permit was obtained from the Town of Hempstead and construction was completed by March 2021.
2019
Created the online payment portal MOHID through a third-party service provider and set up online payment KIOSK in the masjid.
2020
Introduced Zoom cyber social meeting platform for Fundraising, and Khatme Qur’an Program, in the month of Ramadan during COVID-19 pandemic.
2021
Certificate of occupancy for the second floor was issued by the Town of Hempstead in March 2021, and LIMS began using its newly constructed a second floor for female congregants.
2021
Introduced Maqtab Education Services Board of America (MESBA) curriculum based after-school boys’ Maqtab program Monday through Friday, 5-7 PM.
2023
The second LIMS Graveyard project began in a New Jersey Cemetery and completed allotment of plots in 2024.
2024
Appointed a Resident Islamic Scholar to build and strengthen educational and youth halaqa programs.