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September 10, 2010

AP: Pa. mosque opens peacefully near synagogue, church

by Kathy Matheson
The Associated Press

BERWYN, Pa. — A new mosque recently opened in this well-to-do suburb of Philadelphia, but not many people noticed.

That was fine with leaders of the Islamic Society of Greater Valley Forge. Amid a tense national climate for U.S. Muslims, they did not seek publicity for the happy occasion, only continued peace with their neighbors: a Jewish synagogue next door and Baptist church across the street.

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