Residents on Staten Island are angry over a controversial plan to build a mosque on the site of a former convent.
Nearly 390 people attended a contentious meeting on the issue Wednesday night.
St. Margaret Mary R.C. Church plans to sell the parcel to the Muslim American Society.
Residents said they were upset the church agreed to the sale without consulting them.
Three members of MAS were grilled about their views on terrorism and religion.
One resident repeatedly asked “Do you denounce Hamas and Hizballah?”
The president of the local MAS chapter expressed exasperation. He said it was not the right way to handle the situation. He declined to say whether the meeting would change its plans to purchase the property.
No one answered the phone at the church Thursday morning.