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August 13, 2011

WSJ: Mosque zoning row draws scrutiny

by Mike Esterl
The Wall Street Journal

LILBURN, Ga.—A mosque dispute in this Atlanta suburb is shining a spotlight on an antidiscrimination law increasingly pitting the Department of Justice against zoning officials across the country.

Lilburn's city council plans to vote Tuesday whether to allow construction of a 20,000-square-foot Muslim worship center between a large Baptist church and a Hindu temple on a busy thoroughfare also lined with gas stations and strip malls.

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