Chattanooga, Tennessee based freelancer Doug Strickland photographed an Islamic Center that has been receiving controversy similar to that over the planned center near Ground Zero.

Last night, I spent the evening photographing Iftar and prayer at the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, and it was quite an evening.  I became interested in beginning some documentary work at the center after reading a great deal about the “controversy” in Murfreesboro surrounding the construction of their new Islamic Center, mirroring the controversy over the center in New York.  Apparently, there is a small minority of individuals in Murfreesboro who believe that this new center would be a place for generating hate and “training militants.”

You can find more images from the series and a continuation of the story on Doug’s Blog.