Long Island Muslim Society

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.