Mississippi City Ordered to Allow 2 Muslim Men to Build Mosque, Not Delay Permits

  • Date: 05-Jan-2022
  • Source: Newsweek
  • Sector:Economy
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Mississippi City Ordered to Allow 2 Muslim Men to Build Mosque, Not Delay Permits

The city of Horn Lake, Mississippi, has been ordered to permit two Muslim men to build a new mosque, as well as banned from delaying permits to do so.

U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills filed a consent decree Monday in favor of the plaintiffs, Maher Abuirshaid and Riyadh Elkhayyat, for whom the American Civil Liberties Union filed a discrimination lawsuit for two months ago. The consent decree was filed with agreement from both plaintiffs and city officials.

The lawsuit claimed that when the city denied a zoning request for what would become the first mosque in DeSoto County, Mississippi, Horn Lake officials had done so due to anti-Muslim prejudice.