Suffern police chief mediates mosque dispute
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- November
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Suffern’s police chief has stepped in to mediate part of an ongoing dispute between administrators and a group of congregants at the Darul Ehsan mosque in the village.
On Nov. 5, the congregants  who are suing the mosque’s president and board of trustees in a dispute over finances and leadership  asked Suffern’s Mayor John Keegan to help them talk to Khurshid Ahmed, the mosque’s president.
Keegan in turn asked Police Chief Clarke Osborn to help. He agreed, mediating a conference call between the two feuding parties.
As the court case remains to be decided, congregants were complaining that administrators were failing to comply in a timely manner with a court order allowing them access to the building for prayer.
After the conference call, it appeared that the two sides would work together, Osborn said.
He said the village welcomed the chance to work with the parties.
“I made it obvious to both sides (that) whatever I can do for them, my department and the village would be more than willing,� he said. “I really hope they work it out. You want to see people work their problems out amongst themselves … . It’s a house of worship. You want people to be able to get along.�
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