A shaken mosque welcomes Beto O'Rourke in New Hampshire

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By Nicole Sganga, Timothy Perry

September 9, 2019 / 12:36 PM / CBS News


The way Mohammed Ewiess sees it, there was the time before President Trump and the time after.

Before Mr. Trump, the President of Islamic Society of New Hampshire welcomed gatherings of 500 people or more to nighttime prayer during the holy month of Ramadan. The annual observance saw a full parking lot outside the Manchester mosque. Inside, a brimming community of bowed heads. "We pray in rows. Four lines. Five lines. Six lines. This year, there were barely two lines of people. Eighty people total, maybe."

Attendance dipped following the election of Mr. Trump, Ewiess told CBS News, then nearly halved in March following two consecutive terrorist attacks at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. "I see it with my own eyes in the numbers," Ewiess exclaimed. "People are afraid."

Ewiess recalled experiencing a depression that began a day after the 2016 election. "I don't know who told him to play this kind of game to win. But it worked."

Read more and watch video: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-shaken-mosque-welcomes-beto-orourke-in-new-hampshire/

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1. KR

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2. Wow. This is a big deal, IMO.

So sad, and so angry for what good people are forced to endure by the rule of evil powermongerers.