NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -
A federal judge will rule next week on
whether opponents of a Murfreesboro mosque can have a say in a religious
discrimination case involving the building.
Attorney Joe Brandon Jr.
represents the group of mosque neighbors and other Rutherford County
residents asking the court to let them intervene. He argued at a Friday
hearing in Nashville that his clients have an interest in the case
because it overturned their state court victory.
In that ruling a Rutherford
County judge said the May 2010 meeting where the mosque's construction
plans were approved was void due to insufficient public notice.
Last month, a federal judge found that the lower court's ruling violated the religious liberty of local Muslims.
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