Word: morgantown
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Over the past year I have found myself on the front lines of the struggle over Islam's future in America. Last November, my mother, niece and I walked through the front door of our hometown mosque in Morgantown, W.Va., and prayed in the main sanctuary. In so doing we defied a policy that women enter through a back door and pray in an isolated balcony. Then, in the spring, my father resigned from the board of the mosque to protest speeches spewed from the pulpit that were hateful to non-Muslims. As a result of our protests, my family...
...Some reservists who own small businesses have come home to find that their operations have collapsed. Erica Srednicki, 29, hopes that won't happen to her. Srednicki's orders came through in February, just when the Army reservist was getting her one-woman Morgantown, W.Va., catering service off the ground. With only two days' notice, she did some recruiting of her own. Her friend Chris Pigott and her mother Linda Srednicki have stepped in, and so far, it seems to be working. Though Linda lives 2? hours away and has a full-time job, she knew she was her daughter...