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Mosque is under construction in Gloucester County after a three-year fight for approval

Washington Township initially denied the request from Al-Minhal Academy for Islamic Learning to expand in an office park.

Saira Ahmed (left) and Ahsan Abdulghani (right) leave the location of their current mosque, Al-Minhal Academy. After two zoning variance denials, they will soon be opening a more spacious mosque in the same Washington Township office strip.
Saira Ahmed (left) and Ahsan Abdulghani (right) leave the location of their current mosque, Al-Minhal Academy. After two zoning variance denials, they will soon be opening a more spacious mosque in the same Washington Township office strip.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer