Java lovers on Long Island have been enjoying lots of new coffee spots popping up, and now it’s Hicksville’s turn with the opening of MOTW Coffee.

The shop opened earlier this month at the new Soni Centre strip mall on South Broadway.

MOTW Coffee , which stands for Muslims of the World, started as an Instagram page in 2014 and grew into a community of over 700,000 followers, according to the organization’s website.

Founder Sajjad Shah wanted a tangible place for members to meet outside the digital world. The first MOTW Coffee shop opened in Indiana. The chain has grown to more than a dozen outposts nationwide.

Franchisee Muhammad Qureshi has been working on bringing the coffee shop to Long Island for about two years.

"It’s not a religious-only space or anything like that," Qureshi

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