A mosque can anchor an immigrant’s integration into a new country

Evidence

As it was for thousands of newcomers before him, the first time Naeem walked into the Al Noor mosque after landing in New Zealand in 2010, it was both an old practice of faith and a bridge toward joining a new community. He walked through its doors hundreds more times in the years that followed, joined by his wife and eldest son, Talha, who often prayed to his immediate side. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 989

Categorization

• XREF: The mosque as ‘bridge toward joining a new community’ parallels the role of religious institutions in immigrant assimilation discussed in The Namesake and other immigrant narratives.