By JOSEPH DE AVILA BRIDGEPORT, Conn.—One of the oldest Christian congregations in this community said it would sell its historic church to a regional Islamic center. The United Congregational Church said Monday it plans to sell its brick Georgian-Revival style church, built in the 1920s, to Continue Reading
Muslims Seek New Burial Ground, and a Small Town Balks
By JESS BIDGOOD DUDLEY, Mass. — When Dr. Amjad Bahnassi, a psychiatrist who lives in the central Massachusetts city of Worcester, wants to visit his son’s grave, he braces for the drive to the Muslim burial ground in Enfield, Conn., about 60 miles away. It is the nearest cemetery devoted Continue Reading