In 1963, it was converted into a House of Formation for young Dominicans in the Philippines.

He explained how difficult it was not to have a special affection for a young Dominican who has social and cultural challenges that can obscure his fundamental ability if they go unmet.

But like many young Dominicans - and with an median age of 22, they are the youngest of the new immigrants - Elvis will not be going back with his mother.

The young Dominicans "just want to play the game that they see as their only escape from the crowded tenements of Washington Heights," you write.

Now Sergeant Hernandez sits in the office where he, his friend Riayan, and so many other young Dominicans from Washington Heights signed up.

At four on Sunday morning two young Dominicans entered the cell bearing a sackcloth uniform into which Diego Ximeno was forced to climb.

It is this neighborhood that erupted in violence recently after a young Dominican named Jose Garcia was shot to death by a police officer in a building on West 162d Street.

Most were drug-related, the victims young Dominicans.

In Egypt, the Institute organises annual summer-seminars introducing the young Dominicans to Islam.

In France, IDEO is very involved in the session of introduction to Islam that takes place in Lille and is attended by young Dominicans.