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Metropolitan Area: New York City
Concentrated Area: Flushing and Kew Gardens Hills (Queens)
Why are Workers Needed?
At least five Afghan mosques are in the Flushing and Kew Gardens Hills neighborhoods of Queens. Over one-half of the Afghan Muslims in New York City are Pashtun, and the rest of the population are primarily Tajik and Hazara. Only a couple of Afghan Christians from a Muslim-background reside in Metro New York.