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Brooklyn Imam Calls For Action To Protect Muslims Around The World

Imam Ahmed Ali at a press conference a few months back. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BENSONHURST – A Brooklyn Imam has launched a new campaign to call attention to violence against Muslims around the world. Imam Ahmed Ali is affiliated with IQRA Masjid Community & Tradition located on McDonald Avenue near Quentin

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The Day: Community Board Meetings, Macbeth and Marriage

Though it was cool on Sunday, we saw lots of locals out to cheer on the runners in the ING New York City Marathon. (Photo by Oswaldo Cabrera [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocabreraphotos/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Let’s see a show of hands: Whose legs

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MTA Pushing Ahead With Plan To Use Chinese Steel On Verrazano Deck Project

Source: joo0ey via flickrDespite a campaign mounted by local politicians, the MTA is going full speed ahead with its plan to import Chinese steel products in their planned $235 million renovation of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-outsources-235m-verrazano-revamp-article-1.1387639] that

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Kings Highway Library Is Brooklyn’s Busiest

Source: brooklynpubliclibrary.orgMidwood’s Kings Highway Library (2115 Ocean Avenue) is Brooklyn’s busiest branch, thanks in a large part to its Russian-speaking clientele, according to a report by the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/immigrants-love-library-branch-article-1.1261317?localLinksEnabled=false] . The library’s position as Brooklyn’