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A nationwide mosque census project was announced Thursday.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the count would be the first comprehensive survey of its kind.

The Islamic Society of North America will work with CAIR to conduct the study over the summer and fall, CAIR said in its news release.

According to CAIR, the goal is to compile accurate information about the Muslim community in America, its size, infrastructure development, participation of women and youth, and depth of involvement in American society. The project aims to contact every mosque in the U.S.

Findings are expected to be published in 2009.

CAIR said the census is co-sponsored by a coalition of organizations including CAIR, ISNA, the Muslim American Society (MAS) Freedom Foundation, the Imam Mahdi Association of Marjaeya (IMAM), the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), the Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA), the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), the Hartford Institute of Religion Research (Hartford Seminary), and the Religious Congregations and Membership Study 2010 (a project of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies).