The Murfreesboro Post filed an appeal Tuesday in the Tennessee Court of Appeals contending a Rutherford County judge unfairly targeted the publication and later erred by declining to rule on its legal status, as part of the on-going litigation over construction of the Islamic … Continue reading
Islamic Center of Murfreesboro members will pass a field lined with 13 white crosses in front of Grace Baptist Church on Bradyville Pike on the way to their new mosque once it opens. “It was more or less to make … Continue reading
A new super PAC targeting a Tennessee House primary has raised all its funds from a board member of a local anti-Islamic conservative group who is also the one-time finance chairman of one of the candidates in the race. Citizens 4 Ethics … Continue reading
The Nashville Scene profiles Eric Allen Bell, outlining his transformation from defender of the Murfreesboro Islamic Center to raving Islamophobic loon.
A Rutherford County judge is continuing to block a local mosque from receiving a certificate of occupancy. Chancellor Robert Corlew issued the injunction last month after ruling that county officials did not provide sufficient public notice for the May 2010 meeting where the mosque’s … Continue reading
A federal grand jury on Thursday charged 24-year-old Texas resident Javier Alan Correa with violating the civil rights of members of a mosque in Murfreesboro, Tenn. mosque that has been the target of previous anti-Muslim attacks. Correa is charged with “intentionally … Continue reading
Rutherford County Planning Commissioners voted Monday night to fight a judge’s recent ruling saying they didn’t give residents enough warning about the building request for the Islamic Center in Murfreesboro. Construction on the building on Veals Road and Bradyville Pike is still … Continue reading
MURFREESBORO, TN — A group that states on their website that the “Islamic Movement” is a “threat to our civil liberties” is training deputies in Rutherford County this week. Deputies from the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department are getting three days … Continue reading
A Rutherford County judge decided to uphold his earlier decision that the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro has a right, by law, to build a bigger place of worship. “Those who are adherents to Islam are entitled to pursue their worship … Continue reading
A judge has ruled that construction of a new mosque in Rutherford County does not harm the residents who sued the county to stop it. The judge did allow plaintiffs to pursue claims the county violated an open meetings law … Continue reading