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As the midday call to prayer was sung out, members of an Inglewood mosque said Wednesday that they were shocked to hear that three of their fellow worshipers were under investigation for a possible plot to shoot up National Guard recruitment centers and synagogues. Members of the mostly South Asian mosque described the trio — two African American Muslims and a Pakistani national — as "friendly, devout" adherents and said that they had been unaware of any dangers the men might have posed. "They said their prayers on time and were known to myself on a first-name basis," said Imam...

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