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Bridgeview Mosque Guides Local Muslim Community Through Multiple Tragedies
"Sometimes you're just supposed to give encouragement, sometimes you're supposed to learn," said Shiekh Ali Masshour,
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June 12, 2024
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (CBS) -- Over the last eight months, local Arab American and Muslim communities have suffered after the stabbing death of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and the shooting deaths of four women in the same family.
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The Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview had the tall task of laying these loved ones to rest and guiding the community through grief. Eight months later they're still processing it.
"Sometimes you're just supposed to listen, sometimes you're just supposed to give encouragement, sometimes you're supposed to learn," said Shiekh Ali Masshour, an imam at the Mosque Foundation.