Muslim group wants to build Carmel's first mosque; residents in upscale neighborhoods object

CARMEL — Over the past decade Carmel has added a Jewish synagogue, a Greek Orthodox Church and a Mormon temple to its firmament of sacred spaces. A church for the Coptic Orthodox, a Christian sect with roots in Egypt, is nearing completion.

Yet in the state's most affluent community, one eager to land international companies, a glaring void exists in its constellation of faiths: a house of worship for Muslims.

Now, a congregation that has been meeting in a cramped office space south of 96th Street in Indianapolis is looking to change that by building Carmel's first mosque.

The Al Salam Foundation, whose members are drawn mostly from Carmel, Westfield and Zionsville, is proposing the mosque at 141st Street and Shelborne Road. Initial plans call for a building with minaret and a dome topped by a crescent moon.

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