BIS Hoover Crescent Islamic Center is a mosque serving the Greater Birmingham Muslim community as part of the Birmingham Islamic Society. In addition to congregational religious life, it supports Islamic funeral and burial practices through structured guidance developed in consultation with scholars. Its approach emphasizes burial in accordance with Islamic requirements, including burial without a casket and observance of the required elements of an Islamic funeral, while allowing family participation in the washing, or ghusul, when desired. The center’s funeral stewardship is closely tied to Muslim Garden, the Islamic cemetery area within Oakland Cemetery in Ensley, where burial authorization is granted only by the Birmingham Islamic Society.