Sentence examples for open a mosque from inspiring English sources

A year ago, a Muslim group tried to open a mosque in a vacant Roman Catholic convent in the Midland Beach neighborhood of Staten Island and set off furious protests, with many opponents raising the specter of the 9/11 attacks to explain why they did not want a mosque in their midst.

A Muslim group had made a deal to buy an empty convent from the Catholic parish of St. Margaret Mary in the Midland Beach section of Staten Island and open a mosque.

In Sheboygan, Wis., a few Christian ministers led a noisy fight against a Muslim group that sought permission to open a mosque in a former health food store bought by a Muslim doctor.

James S. Oddo, a Republican city councilman from Staten Island, said, "Staten Islanders in large measure understand that the Muslim community has a right to purchase property and open a mosque, so it's not an issue for them".

Practically alone among elected officials in the United States, Mr. Bloomberg spoke in 2010 for the right of a Muslim group to open a mosque a few blocks from the site of the World Trade Center attacks, citing the founding principles of the nation.

"I don't have a problem with them opening a mosque in New York, just not two blocks from where my stepbrother died.

But with or without landmark designation, there is nothing in the law that would prevent the owners from opening a mosque within the existing building.

WHEN Muslims opened a mosque in Granada last summer the first built in the city for over 500 years it was hailed as a hopeful sign of reconciliation between Islam and Christianity.

But the same Muslim group, the Muslim American Society's chapter for Brooklyn and Staten Island, quietly opened a mosque this summer on a street of modest brick and wood-frame homes in the nearby Dongan Hills neighborhood, and there has been little public outcry by neighbors or anyone else.

It's a good thing that the constitution of the United States actually does protect freedom of worship in this country, regardless of what 25% of Democrats and 53% of Republicans appear to think, and that there is no governing authority that would allow the city of New York or anyone else to stop a Muslim group from opening a mosque and community centre in lower Manhattan.

"The fact that he's opening a mosque or a prayer room is something that's outside the Islamic community.