of Frederick planned the construction of a mosque along with a Muslim cemetery, which would be the first mosque in Frederick County and the first Muslim cemetery in Maryland. The land they wanted to build the mosque on, however, was off-limits for development, and their appeal to the county commissioners to connect to the county water and sewer lines, which saw over 200 Muslim families present, was met with a tie vote, barring their ability to build a mosque. On March 5, 2016, the Gwynn Oak Islamic Community, consisting of around 60 families in the Howard Park–Gwynn Oak communities in Baltimore, opened Masjid Al Ihsan. The construction of the mosque was a six year endeavor due to city zoning rules and building regulations. It is the first mosque built from the ground-up in Baltimore. On April 15–16, 2017, 20,000 Muslims attended the 42nd annual ICNA-MAS convention at the Baltimore Convention Center, which had been held in Baltimore since 2015. Many sessions addressed Islamophobia, such as "Combating Islamophobia", "Asserting Your Rights Under Trump Presidency", and "Working through Challenging Times". Mosques Al-Madina Masjid, a mosque in Woodlawn Baitur Rehman Mosque, an Ahmadiyya mosque in Silver Spring Dar Al-Taqwa Islamic Center, a mosque in Ellicott City Diyanet Center of America, a mosque and community center in Lanham Gwynn Oak Islamic Community, a mosque in the Gwynn Oak neighborhood of Baltimore Idara-E-Jaferia, a Shia mosque and Islamic education center in Burtonsville Imam Mahdi Islamic Education Center of Baltimore, a mosque and Islamic education center in Baltimore Islamic Center of Maryland, a mosque in Gaithersburg Islamic Society of Baltimore, an Islamic center in Catonsville serving around 3,000 people, site of former president Barack Obama's first presidential visit to a U.S. mosque Islamic Society of the Washington Area, a mosque in Fairland Islamic Society of Western Maryland, a mosque in Hagerstown Masjid Bait-us-Samad, an Ahmadiyaa mosque in Rosedale Masjid Fatima, a mosque in Catonsville Masjid Us Salaam, a mosque in downtown Baltimore Muslim Community Cultural Center of Baltimore, a mosque in Baltimore See also Al Huda School (Maryland) Minaret of Freedom Institute References External links Islamic Society of Baltimore Islamic Center of Maryland