Bay Shore mosque welcomes visitors at open house
Photo credit: Kevin P. Coughlin | Muslim men pray at afternoon services in the Masjid Darul Qur'an mosque in Bay Shore. Outsiders came to the mosque as part of a "week of dialogue." (Oct. 20, 2010)
Bay Shore Muslim center invites guests
At 75, Jan Sepulveda, a Roman Catholic, stepped foot in a mosque for the first time in her life Wednesday.
She took off her shoes, wrapped a black scarf around her head, and entered the Masjid Darul Qur'an mosque in Bay Shore while an imam prayed in Arabic.
"I hate bigotry," Sepulveda said in an interview. "I want to know more about people who are different from me."
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