To: cp124; SheLion; dennisw; Alouette; Yehuda; Lijahsbubbe; Nachum; Jeremiah Jr; sheik yerbouty; ...
This small group of graves facing Mecca is the only visible reminder of a Muslim community that once existed in this city, far more famous for its Franco-American heritage. The graves belong to Albanian Muslims who came to Biddeford to work in the textile industry nearly 100 years ago.
And if they are a little known aspect of local history, the mosque they established in one of the mills - believed to be the first mosque in North America - has been even more obscured by time. This sure has that "Islam was here first" aura to it. Coming to a US history textbook near you...
10 posted on
07/30/2005 6:43:58 PM PDT by
Thinkin' Gal
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To: Thinkin' Gal; cp124; SheLion; dennisw; Alouette; Yehuda; Lijahsbubbe; Nachum; Jeremiah Jr; ...
This small group of graves facing Mecca is the only visible reminder of a Muslim community that once existed ... This sure has that "Islam was here first" aura to it. Coming to a US history textbook near you...
Note to self: Don't even think of asking direction Kennewick Man's grave was facing.
18 posted on
07/30/2005 7:28:32 PM PDT by
aculeus
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