after coming to the united states in 1918, he served in the u.s. army as an artillery man. construction 
the mosque took almost five years to build and cost more than £1 million at that time. observation is broken into inspection and identification. with the community  already planned, its builders decided to go through with construction and sell the homes to regular citizens. with lots of maps and a deck plan of the mining vehicle provided. they did, however, draw a crowd of 1,200 and the team was allowed to continue. it is, in short, a mind blower." 