New York Narratives tour centers Muslim experiences, history in the city
NEW YORK (RNS) — Participants are often surprised when Asad Dandia's Muslim Harlem tour stops at JC Barbershop in Spanish Harlem — only until he explains it was the headquarters of the country's first Puerto Rican Muslim organization, the AlianzaIslámica (the Islamic Alliance).
A photo of the 1990s storefront in hand, Dandia lectures a tour group on a Saturday in April about the history of Latino Muslims in New York City.
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