Posted by West MobileBooth on July 27, 2005, from New Town, North Dakota
This mosque, in Ross, North Dakota, was the first to be built on American soil. The original building (which burned down recently) was erected in the late 1800s by immigrants from Syria/Lebanon.
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August 22nd, 2005 at 3:51 am
When you say “burned down recently” do you mean “accidentally caught fire” or “was burned down by an angry mob?”
November 7th, 2005 at 6:48 pm
It was torn down in the presidency of Jimmy Carter by descendants of the orignal builder. The work “Taking Roots” documents it in the chapter “Mosque on the Prarir”.
Muhammed al-Ahari