The Muslims met in a storefront next to gyro shop until they built the towering, blue mosque near downtown. They called the mosque Masjid Omar Al Mokhtar.
At first, they relied on visiting imams. Then, about two months ago, they flew in a full-time prayer leader from Egypt.
Monday, the news devastated them: Police accused the imam of sexually assaulting a teenage boy at the mosque.
Yasser Mohamed Shahade remains in the Orient Road Jail without bail, facing one count of a sexual battery on a 13-year-old. ... |