The building at the corner of Park Heights and Slade avenues was supposed to open as the new home of the Ahmadi Muslim mosque, but it appears that its doors remain closed.

As of the last JT reporting, the Muslim congregation was using its location on Garrison Boulevard for worship and Sunday school until the Slade Mansion property could be renovated and opened in late 2014. With the deadline well past, whether the mosque will ever open its doors across from the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation remains undetermined.

Dr. Faheem Younus, president of the Baltimore chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, would not comment on the future of the Park Heights property, as the matter is still being discussed internally. Another congregational leader reached for comment referred the JT back to the president.

Though there were initially hesitations over a mosque moving into the heart of Jewish Baltimore, feelings of mistrust were quickly dispelled through interfaith dialogue and joint programming with BHC and with the Baltimore Jewish Cultural Chavurah.

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