Holy War In Brooklyn

Holy War in BrooklynAt One End of a block in Brooklyn, where the elevated train casts diamond-shaped shadows on the intersection of Foster Avenue and MacDonald Avenue, an Arabic chant blares over a loudspeaker every Friday, sounding the call to prayer at the Abu Bakr Siddique mosque. Except for its fortress-like entryway, the building doesn't look much different from the other brownstones and wood-frame houses in the neighborhood. But it was here that Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman called for the dest...