Mosque Exposes Fears In Warren (April 12, 2006)

IONA in the News Macomb County Plans Ok'd Over Residents' Worries The plans for Warren's first mosque were approved, but a series of ill-informed, fear-tinged and derogatory comments from residents and city planning commissioners Monday night still echoed a day later."It's reminiscent of the Jim Crow South of the 1950s and 1960s," said Dawud Walid,…

Warren Approves Plan For City’s First Mosque (April 12, 2006)

IONA in the News Some neighbors are concerned calls to prayer five times a day will disrupt neighborhood. WARREN — John and Olga Soroka have enjoyed living in their quiet Warren neighborhood for about 26 years.But the couple is afraid that noise will become a problem now that the city's Planning Commission has approved a…