an imam grows in brooklyn

Time and again, Mr. Shata's new country has called for creativity and patience, for a careful negotiation between tradition and modernity.

"Here you don't know what will solve a problem," he said. "It's about looking for a key."

-New York Times


generally a good and insightful article, though with some unpleasant parts, like when the imam makes a man who burned his wife with an iron sign a paper that says he'll owe her $10,000 if he ever does it again. and, the police had intervened before, so clearly this is a pattern of abuse.

hey, freedom of religion, right?