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Building a Mosque In America
There’s more to building a mosque in America than architecture and theology — there’s also politics. Back in 2004, Malik Ali and Dr. Muhamad Krad teamed up to construct a mosque in Orland Park, just about an hour southwest of Chicago. The two discovered that building a mosque was more difficult than they anticipated.
There’s more to building a mosque in America than architecture and theology — there’s also politics. Back in 2004, Malik Ali and Dr. Muhamad Krad teamed up to construct a mosque in Orland Park, just about an hour southwest of Chicago. The two discovered that building a mosque was more difficult than they anticipated.