The leaders of an Islamic center filed a lawsuit yesterday against Sterling Heights, Michigan, after the city last year rejected their plans to build a mosque that was strongly opposed by many residents, the Detroit Free Press website reports today (August 11, 2016).
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan announced that her office and the Department of Justice are investigating whether the mosque was treated fairly.
In the federal lawsuit, the American Islamic Community Center accuses the city of being biased against Muslims, citing emails from city officials that talked about getting investigated the possibility of the mosque's leaders being terrorists.
In one email, a police official asks whether the FBI can be contacted to see whether the mosque leaders are "on their radar."
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