The body of Amadou Diallo- the young African whose dream of making it big in New York was shattered by police bullets was carried into a Manhattan mosque yesterday by fellow Muslims who prayed that his soul now lives in eternal paradise.

The wooden coffin bearing Amadou Diallo's body was placed near the front of the majestic Islamic Cultural Center of New York, where his father and others recited traditional prayers.

The sins of the four cops who fired 41 shots and struck the unarmed Diallo 19 times were also on the minds of many people.

"May Allah have mercy on their souls," said Diallo's father, Saikou.

Although the tense emotions produced by the shooting could be felt inside the mosque, the service was moving and dignified, and mostly in keeping with the family's wishes that it not be politicized.

The only time the focus of the service shifted from Diallo was near the end, when Mayor Giuliani was taunted by a few mourners as he exited after speaking to the head imam, Abdel-Rahman Osan.

"You're a racist for trying to kill our brothers," one man shouted. "Shame on you," another said. "Racist," exclaimed another.

The mayor arrived through a side entrance after the Rev. Al Sharpton and former Mayor David Dinkins briefly addressed the mourners. Giuliani did not speak.

After noting the family's wish for a nonpolitical prayer service, Sharpton pledged to keep Diallo's name alive by pursuing answers to the questions of why the four cops fired on him and kept firing.

"We will make sure his name will ring for justice throughout the ages," Sharpton said, as about 1,000 Muslim men kneeled in the carpeted sanctuary of the mosque at 96th St. and Third Ave.

"This was a young, faithful and prayerful Muslim who was unfairly taken," he added, as Diallo's mother, Kadiadou — who wore a white veil of mourning — and other veiled women observed the service from the balcony.

The parents will escort their son's body back to his homeland of Guinea in West Africa on Sunday. Diallo, 22, came to New York two years ago — somewhat against the wishes of his mother, who feared he was too shy for the big city.

Sharpton asked people to escort the Diallos to Kennedy Airport on Sunday.

"I want a motorcade. I want cars like we've never seen lined up to bring our brother to the airport," he said. "We want the world to know that this brother is our brother, his blood is our blood."

At least 2,500 people unable to get inside the mosque listened to the speeches on a loudspeaker. Some carried signs condemning Giuliani and protesting police brutality.