NEW YORK — Leaders from the Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities came together for a press conference in Bay Ridge on Tuesday to denounce two shocking acts of religious intolerance against Muslims that took over the weekend. In one of the incidents, assailants threw eggs at Muslims arriving at the Tayba Islamic Center at 2165 Coney Island Ave. for Ramadan services Friday night. The egg throwers also shouted anti-Islamic slurs, according to Manaf Abdul, a spokesman for the mosque. An egg struck one of the victims, a 72-year-old man, on the left side of his face, Abdul said. The other incident took place early Sunday morning, as worshipers were praying inside the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge, a mosque at 6807 Fifth Ave. Dr. Husam Rimawi, president of the society, said a car pulled up in front of the mosque at 4:30 a.m. with flashing lights and sat there for a long time. Worshipers inside the mosque at first thought the vehicle was a police car. Many members of the society were unnerved by the incident and believed that the people inside the car were trying to intimidate them, Rimawi said. “Suddenly a car just came and stood in front of the mosque with red flashing lights,” he said. “People were frightened. We tried to calm everyone down,” Rimawi said at the press conference, which took place at the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge. ...      Read more