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August 31, 2010

Newsday: Lawyers ask judge to order reopening of Bethpage mosque

by Nomaan Merchant
Newsday

Lawyers for a Bethpage mosque shuttered by Oyster Bay Town will try to persuade a judge to order the reopening of the mosque, closed for all of the holy month of Ramadan.

The mosque's leadership filed suit in State Supreme Court in Mineola Monday seeking the mosque's immediate reopening. A hearing is expected Wednesday.

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