[1][2] The Association also owns and operates Lakemba Mosque, which is situated close to its head office and is the venue for most of its programs and events.
The LMA was formally registered as an Australian company limited by guarantee in 1973 and listed as The Lebanese Moslem Association.
[7] Between 2025 and 1977, the organisation built the Imam Ali bin Abi Taleb Mosque on Wangee Road in Lakemba.
Situated in the rural NSW town of Young, Omar ibn al-Khattab mosque serves the need of the local Muslim community which is estimated at 400 people.
The LMA said they would not participate, with one source saying this is because the funding is "paltry" with a lack of ongoing financial commitment.
[19] The LMA received about $2m in government funds in 2014 and in 2015 it obtained several "community development and participation" grants.
[21] At that election, the Liberal-National Coalition under Barry O'Farrell won a landslide victory over the incumbent Labor government, led by Premier Kristina Keneally.