A Town Reluctantly Let a Mosque Expand. Then Came the Backlash.

Scritto il 07/09/2025
da Santul Nerkar and Janice Chung

A Long Island town board failed to approve a settlement its lawyers had struck with Masjid Al-Baqi after a yearslong dispute tainted by bigotry. The mosque’s federal suit will be heard next month.The Masjid Al-Baqi mosque in the hamlet of Bethpage.