Hamtramck Mosques Spark Fight

More Mosques Going Up In Hamtramck
FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2012 file photo, worshipers attend midday prayers at the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The struggle since 2010 between the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro and a group of residents who have fought a losing battle to keep it from being built paints a distorted picture of Muslim life in Tennessee, where several other mosques have opened in recent years with little or no controversy. The opening of the center is one of the top stories in Tennessee for 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2012 file photo, worshipers attend midday prayers at the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The struggle since 2010 between the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro and a group of residents who have fought a losing battle to keep it from being built paints a distorted picture of Muslim life in Tennessee, where several other mosques have opened in recent years with little or no controversy. The opening of the center is one of the top stories in Tennessee for 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Hamtramck -- Two proposals to build mosques are raising tensions here as Muslims seek to raise their political influence in this culturally diverse community.

One group, the Al-Islah Islamic Center, now headquartered in a 3,000-square-foot space on Caniff, wants to relocate to a remodeled two-story, 20,000-square-foot building in the city's central business district at Jos. Campau and Caniff.

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