(Detroit Free Press) – After weeks of contentious debate, the planning commission of Sterling Heights voted 9-0 Thursday night to reject building a mosque on 15 Mile between Ryan and Mound roads.
City Planner Donald Mende said the mosque was too tall for the location and not suited for the residential area. Many residents agreed with him, speaking out before the vote.
But Jaafar Chehab, a board member of the proposed American Islamic Community Center, said before the vote: ”Not allowing this mosque to be built is a violation of my Constitutional rights…Denying me a house of worship in the place I live is unacceptable..We have the right to build a mosque.”
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They would have been against a Catholic Church or Jewish Temple also.
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