Mosque in Nashville barely gets.....

[Racket_Man]

a permit to TEMPROARILY operate

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012...essee#comments

on top of that some narrow minded politician, whose district is no where near the mosque goes off on a tirade. Thankfully she lost.

What really gets to me is this:

Opponents spent two years in court trying to force the county to halt construction. Attorneys for the opposition claimed that Islam is not a valid religion and that mosque members were part of a plot to overthrow the U.S. Constitution and replace it with Islamic law. Those claims were thrown out by the local judge.

[HYHYBT]

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I can't decide whether to cry or to shout "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE!?"

(Never mind a sensible post... but at least it' a good reason not to cuss out of habit. Makes it more useful when it's truly needed )

[Duelist925]

I think I headdesked so hard I gave myself a concussion.

They...honestly...tried to use a "THEIR COMMIES" style defense? Tried to argue that Islam isn't a valid religion? That their trying to overthrow the government?

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Dear lord. Every day i keep getting reminded how stupid people are.

[Rapscallion]

From what I remember, when a mosque is built, Islam requires that it never closes. Should it be destroyed, it must be rebuilt.

If that's true (and I can hear the typing of keys as people rush to Google this), then I can see fun in the near future.

Rapscallion

[fireheart17]

There was also the argument put forward by someone about how some communities in Britain are using the sharia law approach and I'm just thinking "AND? Last I checked, you aren't forced into using the sharia law courts". >.>