rochesterinfocus: Prayer Time - 08/31/2010 - photo by Will Yurman Aishah Quddus prays at her mosque, the World Sufi Foundation Mosque, in Carlton, N.Y. Journalists descended on the mosque Tuesday after five area teenagers were arrested, accused of disrupting a religious service at the mosque.  Members of the mosque say they have been harassed for years and this time a gun was fired and one member of the mosque injured when he was hit by a car. With the phrase hate crime being tossed into the story, and the ongoing controversy over the proposed Islamic Center in New York City, this story generated a lot of interest. I was most struck though by how open and inviting the members of the congregation were - inviting us inside the mosque, allowing me to photograph Ms. Quddus while she prayed. View high resolution

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Prayer Time - 08/31/2010 - photo by Will Yurman

Aishah Quddus prays at her mosque, the World Sufi Foundation Mosque, in Carlton, N.Y. Journalists descended on the mosque Tuesday after five area teenagers were arrested, accused of disrupting a religious service at the mosque.  Members of the mosque say they have been harassed for years and this time a gun was fired and one member of the mosque injured when he was hit by a car.

With the phrase hate crime being tossed into the story, and the ongoing controversy over the proposed Islamic Center in New York City, this story generated a lot of interest. I was most struck though by how open and inviting the members of the congregation were - inviting us inside the mosque, allowing me to photograph Ms. Quddus while she prayed.

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