January 15, 2003
Source: Islamic Horizons
On January 15, 2003 the Islamic Horizons reported that "Muslim Bostonians, officers of the Islamic Society of Boston (ISB), Boston mayor Thomas M. Menino, Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-MA), city officials, and civic leaders... gathered... on Nov. 7... to start construction on a new masjid. The... structure is located on a 2-acre lot... in Roxbury, MA."