Opponents of a planned mosque construction in Murfreesboro, Tennessee were rejected yet again, after asking a judge in Rutherford County to reconsider his dismissal of their suit challenging the project.
“Those who are adherents to Islam are entitled to pursue their worship in the United States just as are those who are adherents to more universally established faiths (in our community),” ruled Chancellor Robert Corlew III.
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“We have a duty equally to treat those whose religious beliefs are similar to the majority beliefs and to those whose beliefs are very different from the majority,” Corlew wrote.
Sadly, plaintiffs in the case continue to argue that somehow Islam is not a religion.
“Chancellor Corlew seems to go on and on that it’s been decided that Islam is a religion, and we take issue with that,” Brandon said. “There’s no proof in this case that Islam is a religion. There is no case law or code that Islam is a religion.”
