A federal lawsuit filed Monday (Aug. 3) alleges that anti-Muslim bias—not zoning concerns—drove Oklahoma officials to reject the first proposed mosque in Broken Arrow near Tulsa. “They did not want Muslims here, so they made up a reason, and in doing so, they violated the law,” said Meghan Murphy, an attorney with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which filed the complaint on behalf of the Islamic Society of Tulsa. The complaint names the Broken Arrow mayor, four members of the city council and the city itself in arguing a January vote against the proposed mosque violated federal land use and religious freedom laws by treating the mosque differently from churches and other developments, setting up what could become a closely watched test of religious liberty protections for Muslim communities. Top Stories | (RNS) — 'They did not want Muslims here, so they made up a reason, and in doing so, they violated the law,' said Meghan Murphy, an attorney with CAIR's Legal Defense Fund. |
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