From The Louisville Courier-Journal and Alliance Defense Fund:
Mayfield panel to reconsider permit for mosque
The Courier-Journal • September 30, 2010
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Buzz up!Twitter FarkIt Type Size A A A The Mayfield Board of Zoning Adjustments will meet Oct. 12 to discuss a request from the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky to reconsider its denial of a permit for a mosque.
The meeting in the western Kentucky city will not involve public comments, but the board will discuss a Sept. 22 letter from the ACLU on behalf of the mosque applicant, Khadar Ahmed, according to City Planner Brad Rodgers.
The board denied his bid for a conditional-use 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, and an overflow crowd applauded the vote to deny the permit.
The mosque was sought by Ahmed on behalf of Somalis who had recently moved to Graves County to work in a chicken processing plant.
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