Al-Farooq Mosque, Islamic center in Home Park, Atlanta, US.

Al-Farooq Mosque is an Islamic center in Atlanta featuring two copper domes, with the larger one inspired by the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. The structure displays an octagonal design, a tall minaret, mashrabiya-covered balconies, and pointed arches that frame its entryways.

The mosque was established in 1980 as the first majority-immigrant mosque in Atlanta, particularly serving South Asian communities. Its founding marked an important moment in the development of Islamic religious life in the city.

Al-Farooq was the first majority-immigrant mosque in Atlanta, founded in 1980 for South Asian, mostly Pakistani, Arab and American Muslims, including Georgia Tech students and residents of Techwood Homes. Its name, al-Farooq, honours Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second caliph. As of 2015 about 1,000 people attended Friday prayer.

The octagonal building sits in Home Park near Georgia Tech, and Friday prayer drew about 1,000 attendees on average as of 2015, so that midday service is the busiest. The main hall holds an estimated 5,000 people. Look for the pointed-arch entryways and the mashrabiya-covered balconies on the exterior.

The two schools opened in the 1990s are separate from the 2008 domed mosque: a K-8 school began in 1990 and an Islamic studies school followed in 1992. The congregation also founded a cemetery and later an affiliated mosque in Norcross, Georgia.