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Standing Against Hatred

In a week when a cabdriver from Jamaica had his throat slashed because he happens to be Muslim and a man was arrested for urinating on the floor of a Queens mosque, the leaders of a mosque in Astoria opened their doors to the community to counter growing anti-Muslim hysteria.

On Aug. 25, Christians and Jews and others were invited to the Dar Al-Dawah Mosque on 23rd Avenue to join in the evening’s fast-breaking dinner. Each year during Ramadan, devout Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset.

Isabel Bucaram, a member of the mosque’s outreach committee member, added, “It’s part of our duty to demystify or dispel the misinformation that people have.”

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September 9th, 2010

Standing Against Hatred

In a week when a cabdriver from Jamaica had his throat slashed because he happens to be Muslim and a man was arrested for urinating on the floor of a Queens mosque, the leaders of a mosque in Astoria opened their doors to the community to counter growing anti-Muslim hysteria.
September 2nd, 2010

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