Written by Don Byrd
Efforts to halt the construction and opening of an Islamic Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee have failed at most every turn. Fortunately, courts have made clear that federal law protects the right of the facility to proceed. Congregants were able to move into the new building last year. But, opponents have yet to concede and are now taking their case to the state Supreme Court.
The Tennessean reports:
Plaintiffs opposed to the county’s approval of a mosque construction filed an appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court Monday, their attorney Joe Brandon Jr. said.The plaintiffs hope the state’s top court will agree to hear the case and overrule a Tennessee Appeals Court decision in late May that supported the way the Rutherford County Regional Planning Commission approved plans for the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro to construct a bigger mosque.
