Church Rejects Sale Of Building for a Mosque

July 22, 2010

Author: Paul Vitello

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/nyregion/23mosque.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&ref=religion_and_belief&adxnnlx=1279890041-owuf1RI4W6PDMF/By1IE2Q

The board of trustees of a Roman Catholic Church on Staten Island, whose members include Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, has formally rejected a controversial proposal to sell a vacant convent to a Muslim organization that planned to use it as a mosque. The Islamic group, the Muslim American Society, said Thursday that it would seek a new location in the borough.