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A note of provocation was all too evident when an atheist group put up a huge billboard a block from the area's largest mosque, saying in Arabic as well as English that religion is based on nothing more than myth.
And provocative it was – but not so much for attendants of the mosque as for the local Christian community that works and shops in this east Broadway neighborhood.
"People either believe in God or not. Why are you trying to change that?" asked Renee Rivera, a 36-year-old office manager from Elmwood Park. "It's promoting an agenda. Why is it necessary?"