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SUNSET PARK – The NYPD has released another video of the man they are seeking in connection to attacking two Sunset Park mosques with a hammer last Saturday. At approximately 5:20pm on November 11, police say the suspect used a hammer to smash a video camera and multiple windows at
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> Mayor @BilldeBlasio [https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio] joined thousands of Muslim New Yorkers in #BathBeach [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BathBeach?src=hash] #BK [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BK?src=hash] to celebrate Eid ul Fitr – Eid Mubarak! pic.twitter.com/sSaPb8dJH3 [https://t.co/sSaPb8dJH3] — NYC Mayor’s CAU (@mayorsCAU)
2481 knapp st
Photo by Rob ErichsenShuttered for more than two years [/burger-king-on-knapp-street-closed-for-good/], the former Burger King location at 2481 Knapp Street has been converted into a temporary prayer space for local Muslims to observe Ramadan. The Muslim American Society has taken over the space with a one-month lease, allowing them to celebrate
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Plaintiff Asad Dandia at a Press Conference (Source: wnyc.org)The NYPD is being taken to federal court by a group of Muslim New Yorkers, which includes a Kingsborough Community College (2001 Oriental Boulevard) student, over what they allege was an illegal spying sting. WNYC is reporting [http://www.wnyc.
2812 voorhies ave
We wrote back in July about State Senator David Storobin’s attempts to get the city to revisit the issue [/sheepshead-bay-mosque-storobin/] of the Islamic mosque and community center at 2812 Voorhies Avenue [/tag/2812-voorhies-ave/], hoping they’d squash the project. Some time between then and now, the mayor’s office
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The mosque in February. (Photo by nolastname)A letter from Borough President Marty Markowitz – dated January 4, 2012 – has surfaced [http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2012/03/muslim-brotherhood-mega-mosque-in-sheesphead-bay-violates-parking-requirement-article-78-filed-.html] , indicating his office may be sympathetic to Bay People’s zoning challenges against the Sheepshead Bay Islamic Center, a.k.
2812 voorhies ave
Photo by nolastnameIt’s been a while since we’ve had a proper update on the Sheepshead Bay mosque [/tag/2812-voorhies-ave/] (2812 Voorhies Avenue). Last we heard, the opponents of the mosque, Bay People, lost their zoning challenge [/opponents-lose-appeal-against-sheepshead-mosque/] against the construction, but vowed to push forward with their lawsuit
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The construction fencing around the site of the proposed Voorhies Avenue mosque [/tag/mosque/] is sporting some new decorations: graffiti reading “He is dead” and happy faces. The vandalism is believed to be in reference to the recent killing of Osama bin Laden. Organizers behind the proposed mosque and Islamic