Muslim group buys church but can't get permit to pray [View all]

[TexasTowelie]

When is an old church no longer a suitable place for Americans to come together to pray?

In the southwest suburban village of Plainfield, the answer seems to be: when Muslims want to do the praying.

In about as clear-cut a case of religious discrimination as you’re going to find, the Plainfield village board this past week denied a zoning permit to a Muslim group that purchased a former Christian church building with plans of using it as a mosque.

Naturally, opponents have dressed up their intolerance with the usual NIMBY excuses about traffic and parking. They’re not fools.

Read more: http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brown-muslim-group-buys-church-but-cant-get-permit-to-pray/