An active member of the Lodi Muslim Mosque says he knows nothing about the organization that runs the four mosques targeted by federal authorities.

To serve the growing number of Muslims in north Stockton, a new mosque may be built in the heart of Morada.

The Lodi Muslim Mosque is observing their Prophet Muhammad's birthday with a special prayer, program and dinner on April 5.

In Lodi, a large number of Pakistani immigrants worship Islam. Their religious center is the Lodi Muslim Mosque on Poplar Street, a busy place that serves an estimated 2,000 Muslims, with as many as 500 attending Friday prayer each week.

In Lodi, a large number of Pakistani immigrants worship Islam. Their religious center is the Lodi Muslim Mosque on Poplar Street, a busy place that serves an estimated 2,000 Muslims, with as many as 500 attending Friday prayer each week.

Federal agents and a prosecutor visited the Lodi Muslim Mosque on Friday, but not undercover or with arrest warrants.

After six years as president of the Lodi Muslim Mosque, Mohammad Shoaib has turned over the reigns to Khan Afsar, a newcomer to the mosque board. Afsar took over as president on Aug. 1.

Tensions among leaders at the Lodi Muslim Mosque have escalated to the point where the mosque has sued its former imam -- in essence the pastor -- and two former mosque presidents.

As a gesture of peace and good will among Christians, Jews and Muslims, several religious leaders presented a basket of dates Thursday to the Lodi Muslim Mosque.

The Lodi Muslim Mosque is facing more legal battles. In the latest action, a group of disgruntled members who are angry at the current mosque leadership served a petition demanding mosque president Mohammed Shoaib hold elections.

Khan Afsar, president of the Lodi Muslim Mosque, said that Muslims in Lodi began fasting at 4:46 a.m. on Thursday for Ramadan. Muslims could begin eating and drinking at 8:08 p.m. that day, though the time each day will change slightly due to the moon’s position, Afsar said.

The 60-some people who filled the Lodi Muslim Mosque on Poplar Street for their daily 2 p.m. prayer Sunday were subdued after learning that the United States and Britain had begun bombing Afghanistan.

A San Joaquin County judge has ruled to leave the Lodi Muslim Mosque in the hands of its current leaders, ending a months-long lawsuit between two groups vying for control of the city's only mosque.

There are black marker "X"s drawn on the faces of the portraits of two Muslim men on my living room wall. One is the 9/11 suicide bomber Mohammed Atta. The other is of a person who cannot take his wife on a visit to a Muslim country because she would be required to wear the full-covering garment required of the wife of a Muslim man.

It seems the issue of the mosque wanting to be built near the World Trade Center is at the forefront in the newspapers and national television news casts everywhere.