'Islam is at the table. We want to be recognized.'
When a congregation of African-American Muslims cracks the soil on a mosque expansion project in the East End later this year, more than ground will be broken.
For a faith group that has spent much of its 84 years misunderstood and separated from the Pittsburgh black mainstream, the new worship space will symbolize a new openness.
A largely working-class community, African-American Muslims are gaining visibility here as more professionals appear among their ranks. With these physicians, teachers, attorneys and scientists comes a desire to reveal more of who they are and what fuels their faith.
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