19 July 2012

Real headline: US court allows Muslims to use mosque

Via the BBC:


A US judge has ruled that a Muslim congregation has the right to occupy their newly built mosque, overturning a lower court order. 
 But county officials said they could not complete a final inspection to make the building ready for use on Thursday as the month of Ramadan begins. 
 Wednesday's ruling was the latest episode in a two-year legal battle over the Rutherford County mosque. 
 Residents filed a lawsuit against the place of worship in 2010. 
 The opponents said Islam was not a real religion and claimed Muslims wanted to overthrow the US constitution in favour of Islamic law. 
 Their lawsuit was dismissed, but in May this year they won a ruling on a technicality to overturn the completed building's approval. 
 Earlier this month, a local judge barred the county from issuing an occupancy permit for the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro.

1 comment:

  1. "was not a real religion"?

    Wow. It's almost worth trying to look up their lawsuit just to see how on earth they tried to legally explain that one.

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