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Photos: Menino's Mosque

 Photos of the mosque in Roxbury and people involved in its creation
By PHOENIX STAFF  |  November 26, 2008

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Al-Qaeda terrorist suspect Aafia Siddiqui was allegedly using local Boston accounts at Fleet Bank to provide funding and purchase arms for terrorist organizations in late 2002. Hers weren't the only accounts at the bank being watched: the bank shut down 20 others for suspicous activity. One of those accounts was held by Hassan Aljabri -- who is now president of the Roxbury mosque.

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