Andrea Elliott | An Imam in America: A Muslim Leader in Brooklyn

Sheik Reda, as he is called, arrived in Brooklyn one year after September 11. Virtually overnight, he became an Islamic judge and nursery school principal, a matchmaker and marriage counselor, a 24-hour hot line on all things Islamic. Day after day, he must find ways to reconcile Muslim tradition with American life. Little in his rural Egyptian upbringing or years of Islamic scholarship prepared him for the challenge of leading a mosque in America. This is the story of Mr. Shata's journey west: the making of an American imam.

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