Within this mosque is proof of Islam's deep roots in the US, and the story of a proud community of immigrants who built an American identity around their faith.
History: More American than apple pie, Muslims have been migrating to the US for centuries
“I don't want to lose our ancestry,” Sedorowitz says. “The core of religion, the core of family — how it came across here and stuck all those years — it's all got to mean something, and I don't want for that to get lost.”
“If [these changes] bring in people for services, I would be very happy,” Ratkewitch says. “If it doesn't, and it just remains a space that is a standing piece of history of New York and of Tatars, then that's cool, too. I would accept both of those.”
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