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By Roll Call Staff
Posted December 17, 2015 at 5:00am

 

Ilhan Cagri of Silver Spring, Md., and her granddaughter, 8-year-old Sofia Blakenship, attend a religious roundtable Wednesday at Masjid Muhammad, the Nation’s Mosque, on Fourth Street Northwest.

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(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders speaks at the mosque during a roundtable discussion on religion that included Rep. Keith Ellison, right, and Imam Talib Shareef. Democratic House members recently visited a mosque in Northern Virginia to show support for the Muslim community. Read more at roll.cl/1Qt6K5B.

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