Saturday, October 02, 2010
Approved Mosque In Mayfield Under Reconsideration
KENTUCKY...
A western Kentucky city's zoning board plans to discuss its rejection of a Somali man's request to build a mosque.
The Mayfield Board of Zoning Adjustments will meet Oct. 12, but will not take public comments. City Planner Brad Rodgers told The Courier-Journal in Louisville that the board will discuss a Sept. 22 letter from the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the mosque applicant, Khadar Ahmed.
The board denied a permit on Aug. 24, reversing a decision made two weeks earlier to approve it, citing concerns about limited parking and capacity in the small commercial building where the mosque was planned.
The board and other city officials heard opposition to the proposal from critics of Islam at the hearing and in correspondence.
Ahmed sought to build the mosque for Somalis who moved to Graves County to work in a chicken processing plant.
A western Kentucky city's zoning board plans to discuss its rejection of a Somali man's request to build a mosque.
The Mayfield Board of Zoning Adjustments will meet Oct. 12, but will not take public comments. City Planner Brad Rodgers told The Courier-Journal in Louisville that the board will discuss a Sept. 22 letter from the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the mosque applicant, Khadar Ahmed.
The board denied a permit on Aug. 24, reversing a decision made two weeks earlier to approve it, citing concerns about limited parking and capacity in the small commercial building where the mosque was planned.
The board and other city officials heard opposition to the proposal from critics of Islam at the hearing and in correspondence.
Ahmed sought to build the mosque for Somalis who moved to Graves County to work in a chicken processing plant.
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