Rendering of the Masjid & Ghusl Center from the southwest
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The grounds, the plans and the people.

Explore photos and videos of Al-Maghfirah Cemetery’s land, construction progress, designs and community events.

LSE Architects

Design & renderings

The funeral center design as refined in 2026, the May 2025 contractor set, and earlier concept studies.

The building

Southwest bird’s-eye rendering of the funeral center, 2026 gold option Southwest bird’s-eye · 2026 design Northeast entry rendering of the funeral center, 2026 gold option Northeast entry · 2026 design Southwest bird’s-eye rendering, May 2025 Southwest bird’s-eye · 2025 Northeast bird’s-eye rendering, May 2025 Northeast bird’s-eye · 2025 East view rendering of the funeral center East view Rendering of the parking area and entrance canopy Parking view Aerial rendering of the whole site Site overview Rendering of the site from the road, with a domed prayer hall concept View from the road · concept East elevation rendering with the entrance canopy Entrance canopy

Plans & drawings

Proposed site plan with the building, parking, circular drive and burial grounds Proposed site plan Floor plan of the funeral center Floor plan Floor plan showing the future expansion area Plan with future expansion Building section drawing Building section Exterior elevation drawings Elevations Exterior elevation drawings, sheet two Elevations

Early concepts (March 2025)

Early concept rendering — base design Concept · base design Early concept aerial view — base design Concept · aerial Early concept rendering with a traditional dome and arches Concept · traditional Aerial view of the traditional concept Concept · traditional aerial Early concept rendering with a minaret — rotated plan Concept · rotated plan Aerial view of the rotated-plan concept Concept · rotated aerial
March – June 2025

Phase 1 construction

Earthwork, grading, road building and paving of the first five acres — completed and paid for by the community in June 2025.

Phase 1 site work, March 2025 — earthwork, grading and road building (photo 1) Earthwork & roads · March 2025 Phase 1 site work, March 2025 — earthwork, grading and road building (photo 2) Earthwork & roads · March 2025 Phase 1 site work, March 2025 — earthwork, grading and road building (photo 3) Earthwork & roads · March 2025 Phase 1 site work, March 2025 — earthwork, grading and road building (photo 4) Earthwork & roads · March 2025 Phase 1 site work, March 2025 — earthwork, grading and road building (photo 5) Earthwork & roads · March 2025 Phase 1 site work, March 2025 — earthwork, grading and road building (photo 6) Earthwork & roads · March 2025 Phase 1 site work, March 2025 — earthwork, grading and road building (photo 7) Earthwork & roads · March 2025 Phase 1 site work, March 2025 — earthwork, grading and road building (photo 8) Earthwork & roads · March 2025 Phase 1 site work, March 2025 — earthwork, grading and road building (photo 9) Earthwork & roads · March 2025 Phase 1 site work, March 2025 — earthwork, grading and road building (photo 10) Earthwork & roads · March 2025 Phase 1 site work, March 2025 — earthwork, grading and road building (photo 11) Earthwork & roads · March 2025 Phase 1 site work, March 2025 — earthwork, grading and road building (photo 12) Earthwork & roads · March 2025 Gravel base laid for the internal cemetery roads Road base · spring 2025 Crew paving the cemetery roads with an asphalt paver Paving · June 2025
Castle Rock Township

The land

Seventy-two acres at 1120 220th Street West, purchased in 2014 and fully paid for.

Aerial photo with the 72-acre property outlined in yellow The 72-acre property from the air Aerial map with 220th Street and the cemetery location marked Location map Existing buildings on the property Existing structures Landscape plan drawing Landscape plan Colored landscape plan over an aerial photo Landscape concept Proposed site plan Proposed site plan
October 8, 2024

The first groundbreaking

After a decade of delays, the community broke ground in Castle Rock Township.

Community leaders with shovels at the October 2024 groundbreaking October 8, 2024 Turning the first earth, October 2024 Turning the first earth
Videos

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Updates from the grounds and coverage of our milestones.

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An update from the grounds A walk through the site, the funeral center design and drone footage of the finished Phase 1 roads.
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Why Al-Maghfirah? Why Minnesota’s Muslims need a cemetery of their own — and what the community is building.
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Earthwork begins — March 2025 Dozers grading the first five acres of burial grounds.
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Site work — April 2025 Excavators and haul trucks shaping the roads and parking areas.
Groundbreaking held for Minnesota's first all-Muslim cemetery KSTP 5 Eyewitness News · October 2024
Twin Cities Muslim community celebrates groundbreaking of Al-Maghfirah Cemetery WCCO · CBS Minnesota · October 2024
Castle Rock approves use of Muslim cemetery in Farmington FOX 9 · 2022
Al-Maghfirah Cemetery — short clip Al-Maghfirah Cemetery on YouTube

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