30 Mosques in 30 Days: An American Trip

Day 31: New York City
One of the congregants of Masjid Khalifah ends the Eid 2010 Block Party in Brooklyn with a song. "I forget what the song was," wrote Bassam. "But everyone was on their feet dancing like there's no tomorrow." Answering a question they posed to themselves at the outset of their 30-day journey, Bassam wrote, "People are willing to accept change in America, it just takes time. Case in point — when our car broke down, our tow-truck driver was a little nervous taking us across Montana after he towed our car, but by the end of the ride all of us were sharing jokes and facial-hair grooming tips. I really do believe people come around; the definition of what America can accept is wider than any of us can imagine."

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