In this Tuesday, April 16, 2019 photo, Muslim taxi drivers perform wudu, the ritual washing for purification before prayer, as the dhuhr (midday) prayer time begins at the makeshift mosque in the waiting lot for airport taxi drivers on Island Avenue in Philadelphia. Taxi Workers Alliance members will take a strike authorization vote after being told that they will lose access to the lot. The mosque, created and paid for by drivers, has existed in some fashion for the many years that drivers have been using the lot. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
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