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Wed Jul 18, 2012, 06:08 PM Jul 2012

Breaking: UPDATED: Judge says Murfreesboro mosque can open



feds sued the haters...and won

the locals have tried every trick in the book to keep this congregation from having their place of worship.

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Updated at 4:50 p.m.
A federal judge in Nashville has ruled a Murfreesboro mosque can open for Ramadan.

Judge Todd Campbell also said the mosque must go through the inspection process like any other new building.



Updated at 3:30 p.m.
Attorneys for the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro are beginning their arguments in Nashville's federal court, hoping to get the congregation into its new mosque by sundown tomorrow -- the start of the holy month of Ramadan.

At the same time, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it's suing Rutherford County, claiming violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000.

more....http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120718/NEWS06/120718005/UPDATED-Judge-says-Murfreesboro-mosque-can-open?odyssey=tab%7Cmostpopular%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE
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