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Oct
28
Another Family Has Been Reunited Under The Muslim Ban

Another Family Has Been Reunited Under The Muslim Ban

Abdul Latif with Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez speaking to his family on FaceTime. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE – Nearly three
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Oct
21
Muslim Family Says Trump Supporter Told Them To “Go Back To Your Country” At Bay Ridge TJ Maxx

Muslim Family Says Trump Supporter Told Them To “Go Back To Your Country” At Bay Ridge TJ Maxx

A Muslim family says that they were attacked and harassed outside of a Bay Ridge TJ Maxx by a Trump-supporting
3 min read
Oct
08
Synagogues to See Beefed Up Police Presence Over Yom Kippur

Synagogues to See Beefed Up Police Presence Over Yom Kippur

Congregants at the city’s synagogues can expect to see a larger police presence, from both NYPD and State Police,
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Oct
07
Animals Blessed Across Brooklyn

Animals Blessed Across Brooklyn

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Brooklyn pups and kitties, bunnies and more filled up churches and got to be closer to God at
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Sep
06
Little Pakistan Stands With Jammu & Kashmir

Little Pakistan Stands With Jammu & Kashmir

A man holding the Azad Kashmir flag. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – Makki Masjid has long served as a place
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Aug
21
Crane Collapses into Midwood Synagogue Construction Site

Crane Collapses into Midwood Synagogue Construction Site

A crane involved in building a massive synagogue in Midwood Brooklyn, overturned this morning on Avenue U and Ocean Parkway.
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Aug
14
Brooklyn Diocese Defrocks Two Priests Credibly Accused of Sex Abuse

Brooklyn Diocese Defrocks Two Priests Credibly Accused of Sex Abuse

The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens announced on Tuesday that decades-old accusations of sexual abuse against two priests had
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Aug
07
Sunset Park’s Muslim Community Center Robbed Before Eid

Sunset Park’s Muslim Community Center Robbed Before Eid

SUNSET PARK – The Muslim Community Center, home of the non-profit Muslims Giving Back, [https://www.muslimgivingback.com/] was robbed just
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Jul
26
‘Young Muslims’ On Brotherhood And Being Young Muslims In America

‘Young Muslims’ On Brotherhood And Being Young Muslims In America

Ahmad Sleiman (left) and Muhammad Zeb. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – In a country where the president spews anti-Muslim rhetoric,
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Jul
23

120-Year-Old Gothic Church in Flatbush Sold for More than $3 Mil

Flatbush Presbyterian Church on Foster and East 23rd in November of 2018. (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)FLATBUSH — A church in
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