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One thing the Moses Lake Islamic Center retained in the former church building is the beautiful stained-glass windows.

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Prayer space: Moses Lake’s first mosque moves into renovated church building
May 7, 2024 1:30 a.m.

Prayer space: Moses Lake’s first mosque moves into renovated church building

MOSES LAKE — The former church building at Third Avenue and Elm Street is once again a house of worship, as the Moses Lake Islamic Center. “In central Washington state there (were) only three mosques, in Yakima, Tri-Cities and Spokane,” said Abdelnasir Elmalik, one of the regular congregants at the Islamic Center. “But now we have two (more), in Wenatchee and Moses Lake.”