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Archives for September 2011

After 9/11, An East Village Mosque Reaches Out To Its Neighbors

Rebecca Hamilton THE LOCAL, EAST VILLAGE For much of America’s Muslim community, the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed their relationship with the rest of American society – for the worse.  Broad government surveillance and discriminatory law enforcement policies, combined with an increased suspicion of Muslims by the general public, left many feeling that daily worship had […]