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Sakinah Smith, left, visits with others in the women’s area of Masjed As-Saber mosque following a Friday service. It is Islamic custom to removes shoes before entering a mosque to pray. Portland, Ore.‘s largest mosque, the Islamic Center of Portland, Masjed As-Saber, draws worshipers from all corners of the world as well as from the US. Many who pray there talk of a worsening political climate rooted in misunderstandings of Islam.

Sakinah Smith, left, visits with others in the women’s area of Masjed As-Saber mosque following a Friday service. It is Islamic custom to removes shoes before entering a mosque to pray. Portland, Ore.‘s largest mosque, the Islamic Center of Portland, Masjed As-Saber, draws worshipers from all corners of the world as well as from the US. Many who pray there talk of a worsening political climate rooted in misunderstandings of Islam.

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