(Detroit News) A federal judge has ruled in favor of a newly opened mosque in Troy that sued the city four years after it was denied a zoning variance request so the facility could be built in 2018.
U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds on Wednesday ruled that Troy’s zoning ordinance violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) as it relates to the new Adam Community Center and set a Nov. 9 hearing date to address damages.
The Adam center, a religious nonprofit assembly seeking to serve Troy’s Muslim community, opened earlier in September on Rochester Road despite unresolved lawsuits with the city.
The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), which filed a lawsuit against the city in 2018, welcomed Edmunds’ ruling and said the group is looking toward a trial.
