Last month, I read an article in Washington Post about muslims in Washington D.C. and Virginia renting space for prayer during the Islamic Holy month of Ramadan. They were renting the synagogues for prayer increased my interest in the story.
I live in a Orthodox Jewish/South Asian neighborhood of Brooklyn. There are three mosques in my neighborhood. Makki Mosque is the biggest of the three and it is the biggest mosque in Brooklyn. Makki Mosque is located on Coney Island Avenue between Glenwood Road and Avenue H. It has been under construction since last year. I decided to visit the mosque and see if the attendees had increased during the Ramadan. One regular Sajjawal Akbar said, “We need more space for Ramada. Sometimes people are praying on footpath.” It will take a while for the construction of Makki Mosque to complete, Islamic law known as Sharia prohibit borrowing money with interest.
I would tag this story to New York Daily News, because they have Brooklyn section on their website. I would like local Brooklyn paper Brooklyn Eagle to cover this story as well.
