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Islamic Center of New England

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “islamic organization”. Today it says “islamic organization incorporated in the state of massachusetts in the early 1960s”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “History; Leadership controversies; Recent Events”.
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Islamic Center of New England ( ICNE ) ( Arabic : المركز الاسلامي بنيو انجلند ) is an Islamic organization incorporated in the state of Massachusetts in the early 1960s. The mosque generally relied on elders and recent immigrants for religious guidance. In 1982, Talal Eid became the first imam of the mosque. In 1993, the ICNE opened a sister location in Sharon, Massachusetts , called the Sharon Mosque . The primary function of ICNE is to oversee the operation of the two mosques it owns, located in Quincy and Sharon, Massachusetts . ICNE has about 3,000 members, many from various nations, and including Sunnis and Shias . Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “islamic organization”. Today it says “islamic organization incorporated in the state of massachusetts in the early 1960s”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “History; Leadership controversies; Recent Events”. Read the current article and compare.
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islamic organization

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islamic organization incorporated in the state of massachusetts in the early 1960s

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  • Leadership controversies
  • Recent Events
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