Stage Set for Germantown Mosque
After 14 years of planning, construction could start by the end of 2012
Like many Germantown Muslims, 55-year-old Alusine Sesay’s religious routine is cobbled together. He attends Friday prayers in Gaithersburg, daily morning prayers at Iman Learning School, and in Ramadan he breaks his fast at the Boys & Girls Club in Germantown. Having lived in the Germantown area for more than 23 years, Sessay is one of hundreds of area Muslims who have eagerly awaited construction of a central place to worship. Now it appears the Islamic Society of Germantown (ISG) can go forward with building a $1.2 million mosque that has been in the works for 14 years. ISG received preliminary site approval at a Montgomery County Planning Department hearing in July, and construction may begin by the end of 2012. “We are very much …
Robert Miller
9:03 am on Friday, January 4, 2013
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