An upscale New Jersey town violated anti-discrimination laws by insisting that a proposed mosque have more parking spaces than churches or synagogues because of its unique worship times and traditions, a federal judge has ruled.
The ruling issued Saturday by U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp stated that Bernards Township violated the Religious Land Use and Institutional Persons Act by applying a different standard to Muslims.
Shipp found the township’s planning board had “unbridled and unconstitutional discretion” because of its vague parking requirements.
The Islamic Society’s application to build the mosque was denied after more than three years and 39 public hearings. The group sued the township in March.
The Islamic Society’s attorney, Adeel Mangi, had argued that parking requirements were the tool municipalities used to thwart construction of mosques.
“This truly is a landmark ruling with national impact,” Mangi told NJ.com.
Bernards Mayor Carol Bianchi issued a statement criticizing the judge’s ruling. The town had argued that it was completely appropriate to insist a mosque provide more off-street parking than a comparably sized church or synagogue because of its unique worship times and traditions.
“The Township vehemently disagrees with the court’s decision and awaits a full analysis of the 57-page decision by its attorneys, who only learned of the decision on New Year’s Day,” the statement said. “The Township will consider how to best move forward including appealing the decision when ripe for appeal.”
The mosque has said its peak worship time was likely Friday afternoon prayers. Township planners determined that because congregants would most likely be arriving straight from work, every worshipper would require a parking space.
Shipp, though, noted that the township had not conducted individual assessments of worship habits when churches or synagogues came before its boards. By its own admission, the town applied a different standard to Muslims, he wrote.
Shipp did not take into account the sentiments expressed in emails from township officials that were revealed in documents filed in the case, Mangi noted. In those, officials disparaged the Islamic Society’s president, former mayor Mohammed Ali Chaudry, and passed around jokes calling President Barack Obama a Muslim.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
The Kenyan born Barry Soetoro alias Obama IS a Muslim, that is not a joke. He wears a ring with the Arabic inscription “There is no God except Allah” which he never wears during Ramadam as Muslims are not allowed to wear jewelry then. Every year at this time the ring is for “repair”.
right on
We would not be surprised to learn that Obama is a crypto-Muslim. Let’s remember lying and deceiving non-Muslims is acceptable behavior to Muslims. So is raping and killing non-Muslims acceptable behavior in accordance with the Quran, their holy book.
so true
How can they call Islam a religion of Peace? It’s not.
We would not be surprised to find out that Obama is indeed a crypto-Muslim. We all need to realize that lying and deceiving non-Muslims is acceptable behavior for Muslims. So is raping and killing non-Muslims in the name of Allah acceptable in accordance with their holy book, the Quran.
It’s hard not to believe berry is not a muslem. When the trump team is removing prarer rugs And muslem parinfala flown his prayer room. And he is pissed about it.
WE ALL KNOW HE IS A MUSLIM AND.HE HURT SO MANY AMERICANS TO PROVE WHAT A BIG JERK HE IS
You mean to prove what big jerks the American democrats are, he never fooled a republican, we never drank the koolaid,or bought what he was selling.
We would not be surprised to find out that Obama is indeed a crypto-Muslim. We all need to realize that lying and deceiving non-Muslims is acceptable behavior for Muslims. So is raping and killing non-Muslims in the name of Allah acceptable in accordance with their holy book, the Quran.
We would not be surprised to find out that Obama is indeed a crypto-Muslim. We all need to realize that lying and deceiving non-Muslims is acceptable behavior for Muslims. So is raping and killing non-Muslims in the name of Allah acceptable in accordance with their holy book, the Quran.
Rev Vince says that Rev Tom is correct
finally a judge is standing up to Muslim demands.
Where, when and how did you reach that verdict?
The title of the article- “Judge: Special treatment for mosques unconstitutional” can be misleading…
Perhaps one of us read this wrong. The judge sided with the muslim church and against the town.
If you allow more street parking for Muslims, then you legally have to allow more street parking for all religions or it is discrimination against religion. In my opinion, Muslim’s are in America, England, Europe for one purpose and one purpose only…… TO TAKE OVER THESE COUNTRIES and force everyone to convert to Islam or die. This is why every American must stay armed.
What ever happened to the constitution that says Muslims are banned in the United States,much less their mosques!!!!!This is unacceptable they need shut them all down all they are doing is plotting to kill all non muslims!!! What the hell is wrong with our govenment to allow this,the death of any American is on their hands as they let Oshitter bring those animals here!!!
Kathy-
The Constitution makes mention of NO religion whatsoever, save a restriction that the General Government not make a law regarding the establishment thereof, and that NO religious test can EVER lawfully be applied to candidates for office.
That said, and iirc, the 1952 Immigration and Naturalization Act makes ANYONE who advocates the destruction of the Constitution deportable. Muslims — even many currently in this country – make no secret of the fact that they will obey NO law but Sha’ria Law, and they intend for Sha’ria to REPLACE the Constitution.
This makes them ENEMIES of EVERYONE who’s taken an oath of fealty to the Constitution, which includes all politicians, military, police, firefighters, and other government employees.
As a result, i think they should be given a choice: refuse to practice, teach, impose or enforce Sha’ria upon ANYONE in America, on pain of IMMEDIATE DEPORTATION to the nearest country that DOES. We don’t need, want, or should harbor ANYONE who is an enemy of the Constitution. Oh, and once this is made a CRIME, those convicted should have to PAY THEIR OWN WAY OUT. If they cannot afford it, they should be put to hard labor at prison wages until they CAN afford it.
amen
Islam is NOT a religion. It is a Political Ideology with a Religious component and therefore not eligible for any religious test or exemption. Islam’s tenets advocated the overthrow of any political or religion against Sharia. This makes Islam a seditious organization and therefore subject to criminal prosecution. Islam should be banned in the United States and any Govt officials professing to be Islamists should be removed from office. They cannot as practicing Muslims uphold their oaths of office as islam believes Sharia supersedes the Constitution.
You may say that Islam is not a religion but their belief is that an Angel gave the word to Mohammed and he had it copied down. That is not to different from the Prophets that received the word of God and what they wrote down became a part of the Hebrew beliefs and the Christian Bible. In the Middle Ages many countries ruled as per the Bible or the Popes words. The Church of England is an example of a theological Country. The King was the head of the Church.
All of that being said; The Islamists are stuck in the situation that existed at the time Mohammed was living. Slavery was an accepted thing in almost all countries, Women had no rights except what their husbands gave them. Gays were killed.
What is different is that Judiasm and Christianity have moved forward with human rights becoming part of society. In the Muslim countries this has not happened.
The Muslim religion, just like Christianity and Judiasm have all had numerous splits and disagreements. Even if Islam takes over the whole planet their will still be wars as the various groups will think it is Ok to kill the disbelievers.
I will never believe in Islam and if I die, I die but I will take a few of those fools with me.
Well, “banning muslims” wasn’t in the Constitution, but it WAS a special article passed, in 1952 and it IS the law – -which everyone in authority (currently) has chosen to “ignore”!! I say “IT’S TIME” to enforce that particular law; in fact. make it RETROACTIVE!
Never doubted for a minute that a Mooslim was the President of the USA. How they must b e laughing at the gullobility of US citizens allowing this to happen. Obumma has systematically brought this once great country to it’s knees with his idiotic policies & it will take many years to recover from his anti-American actions
Unfortunately, GW Bush also bent over backwards to appease Muslims. It didn’t start with Mr. Obama. Democrats and Republicans have helped create this mess. The Muslims are quick to use our legal system for their own benefit at the same time they work to destroy it. But this upscale community in New Jersey has probably been voting dark blue for a long time. Maybe this will start to wake them up?
Its not just Obama, its the Evil people behinds him.
His acts of treason were not an accident or a fluke the POS pres knew what he was doing the whole time he fallowed Saul Alinsky’s methods of eight steps to bring down a democratic government using soros money and fake organization of tax shelters breaking laws setting up mudslimes in our government if killarys would have won it would be the beginning of the end of our republic he should be tried and shot by firing squad on Fox news at 6pm prime time exicution and Burgdal and Snowden and the tranny in Leavenworth should be shot first working up to the Traitor in chief
IMO mosques are illegal because they are part of foreign govts since mosque and state are co-mingled and thus teach that separation of religion and govt is not acceptable. No foreign govt is allowed to open offices any place they want. Mosques are funded by foreign govts. Plus declaring something un-Constitutional is reserved for the SC, not some back water local judge. Where did the mosque members/officials get the money to fight this legal battle? Imported Petrodollars! They probably have more money than the local govt.
No. Lower courts can declare a law or ordinance “unconstitutional,” but their rulings are subject to being overturned by higher courts all the way up to the Supreme Court. SCOTUS can even reverse itself as it did with Brown v Board of Education (overturned an earlier ruling that “separate but equal” schools were constitutional). We need Mr. Trump in office ASAP. I do not trust the current occupant of the Oval Office as far as I can spit! We need Justice Scalia’s seat filled by a strict constitutional constructionist like Justice Scalia. Then we need Justices Ginsburg and Soto-Mayor to retire. Mr. Trump has 150 federal vacancies to fill at the federal level. Mr. Obama will do another end-run around the Senate if he can find one.
P.S. The reason I give Mr. Obama some respect is because God commands that we respect the leaders He has placed over us. I will not be so magnanimous after January 19th.
We are on the cusp or real danger here if we don’t get our priorities straight . This kind of preferential crap to these people is going on all over . I Pray Trump can secure Our Constitution and undo a lot of what’s been allowed here in AMERICA .
Thank Goodness the Judge stood up for what’s right , but Many cases have not been so .
The judge ruled against the town. Re-read the article please and you will see that the town did not want a mosque and said they could not build because of parking but the judge said the town was wrong.
They will never assimilate, they have no business in our country.
we the people need to support and empower our new leaders in securring their jobs to defend and, protect the constitution of these united states.and quit expecting our government to run our daily lives for us
move to venesuela for that.
leave the school system to our educators
leave law inforcement to our police depts
let our criminals have no rights as they lost those when they broke our laws
let the judicial system interpret our laws and constitution as it was written
let our religious leaders define what our morality standards ought to be according to our bible as this country was built on those standards,ect.
teach our children about all our countries heros:black,white,red,oriental ,brown and all others that have made us great but not above god
this will unify us into one people and heal the wounds that were opened up over the last decade and lead us on the right path for all of our own good!!!
Wow! I like that!
Thank you. That was well said, poorly written, but well said. (Sorry, I’m an old English teacher.)
L.Johnson passed a federal law prohibiting clergy from addressing politics while delivering sermons. Are imams clerics, or some mystically entity immune to federal law ? Did President Johnson overlook the elements of a spiritual guide promoting genocide or acts supporting jihad in this country, or would that just be the equivalent of whistling Dixie in Arabic ?
snake hunter-
Before most people had ever heard of LBJ, he introduced language to the 501c3 legislation that forbade “CINO’s”(“churches” in name only) from preaching on politics OR political choices – but ONLY if they idiotically applied to have 501c3 status, thus placing them under the gummint thumb.
If you’d like more detail, have a visit to hushmoney.org, and look at the bottom of the page(in small type) for info on the 501c3 plot.
You see, the word “church” derives from the Greek “Ecclesia,” which, roughly translated, means “Assembly of the Called Out,” as in “In the world, but not OF the world.” Any church, therefore, which applies for and receives 501c3 status is no longer a Church of Christ, the ALTERNATIVE to the governments “of the world,” but an ARM of the Beast, an ALLY, albeit in ignorance. Mostly.
The USG treats ALL 501c3’s as “charitable orgs,” aka “corporations.” US law defines corporations as “fictional entities.” Do fictional entities have souls? Besides, you can’t GET more “of the world” than to re-organize as a Corporation, subject to all the laws governing corporations; Christ’s REAL Ecclesia has only ONE Head, Him.
Clearly the political fight over what kind of govt we will have–Constitutional as it has been since 1776, or will it be under sharia law, the universal legal system used in islamic states, is far, far from being over. Islam is a political dystem, a form of socialism and probably the mother of all socialism, that uses religion as a political burka so no one can see the real face of islam. The real face of islam is they want to impose sharia law, the caliphate, on the world to eliminate or subjugate all infidels. They never even mention the 7 pillars as their doctrine,. Only jihad, a holy war? Which is wholly a war alright,
The citizens need to harken back to the minute men and defend America from political take over by islamic forces,. By electing T, we have just begun the political fight for survival of freedom for our children, grandchildren, …..
well then they need to leave the USA an go build it somewhere else, like were they use to live, maybe Cuba will let them build one ??
Extermination is still the answer. EIEI&O!!
We could lower our selves to the barbaric ways of the Quran and it’s teaching and drive a truck load of slaughtered bleeding hogs through the doors of some of these mosques.
They say not all muslims are extremists, but all muslims read the Quran. They all want sharia law,, how do you tell the difference between peaceful and non-peaceful muslims? Which side do thy choose when the hammer falls? They have been trying for many centuries to spread their barbaric ways and take over the World. This is a so called peaceful loving nation, but how long are we supposed to turn the other cheek? O-Bomb-us opened the door for these folks and now we are paying the price.
To those who may have read this wrong (it could have been worded better) Here is the beginning…An upscale New Jersey town violated anti-discrimination laws by insisting that a proposed mosque have more parking spaces than churches or synagogues because of its unique worship times and traditions, a federal judge has ruled.
The ruling issued Saturday by U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp stated that Bernards Township violated the Religious Land Use and Institutional Persons Act by applying a different standard to Muslims.
The rule is against the city and for the muslim group.
I agree with Robert Tayloer.
I’m not sure just what’s going on here – it would seem this judge ruled AGAINST the town who was attempting to reguire the mosque to provide MORE parking spaces that normally allowed for churches or synagogues. It would appear the town was trying to PREVENT the mosque from being built by requiring more parking spaces than the mosque had available to them (meaning they are trying to keep the mosque OUT OF the town). The judge seems to be trying to reduce those number of parking places to make it EASIER for the Muslims to buld their damn mosque. It was a ruling in favor of the Muslims. It would seem the judge was correct in making the ruling,….maybe its time to “modify” that “RLU&IP Act to allow municipalities to have some leeway in approving the bulding of mosques. As much as I DON’T want Islam in this country,….its here and until we get like Europe we have to follow our existing laws OR CHANGE THEM. Its obvious that a lot of off street parking should be required. Here in San DIego, we have a mosque with a huge amount of parking, but the city of Clairmont required the parking be all off street to prevent traffic jams. That required a much larger piece of land (footprint). Maybe that’s what the town should look into, as well.
The lily-livered do-gooders who let the Islamic filth into the US should ask the girls and women who’ve been mutilated by the abhorrent filth that is the muslim priesthood what they think. A muslim thinks it’s OK to treat his wife worse than a dog and send his daughter to be ruined as a woman, but he’s quite happy to have sex with a goat. For crying out loud , Yanks, WAKE UP! There’s no place on the planet for the Islamic excreta of a pig! Wipe the face of the Earth clean of them. Every one who doesn’t renounce islam for what it is must be eradicated by any means. Leave one cancerous cell in the body and it will spread again. Don Trump is the best thing that’s happened to this planet since the invention of the wheel. He and Vladimir Putin are the only hope for the future of civilization and the survival of the human race. Islam is sworn to world domination and is infiltrating all over the world and must be stopped as soon as possible.
Migration without assimilation is invasion, or also known as crusading. You can find a copy of Islam’s Modern Manifesto in the book “Muslim Mafia”. If you’re unfamiliar with CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood org. banned in Egypt, this book is a slightly dated, but very informative source. Who represented the few towns in our country which had external crosses removed from churches to moderate their community’s “atmosphere”? Clue – it WASN’T CAIR.
early on , when obama first took office , there was an interview between obama and a well known journalist at which time he actually stated he was a muslim and read the corn. I do not know why no one remembers that.I can see him sitting there and saying it. Can anyone else ?
Horribly written article, misleading headline.
I don’t care what your religion is but to think you can come to this country and try to change it to suit your needs and demand that your ways precede the rights of all Americans under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? How about you just pack up and go back where you came from?
P.S. Take the liberals with you!
Constitutionalist says
January 3, 2017 at 1:31 pm
The Constitution makes mention of NO religion whatsoever, save a restriction that the General Government not make a law regarding the establishment thereof, and that NO religious test can EVER lawfully be applied to candidates for office.
That said, and iirc, the 1952 Immigration and Naturalization Act makes ANYONE who advocates the destruction of the Constitution deportable. Muslims — even many currently in this country – make no secret of the fact that they will obey NO law but Sha’ria Law, and they intend for Sha’ria to REPLACE the Constitution.
This makes them ENEMIES of EVERYONE who’s taken an oath of fealty to the Constitution, which includes all politicians, military, police, firefighters, and other government employees.
As a result, i think they should be given a choice: refuse to practice, teach, impose or enforce Sha’ria upon ANYONE in America, on pain of IMMEDIATE DEPORTATION to the nearest country that DOES. We don’t need, want, or should harbor ANYONE who is an enemy of the Constitution. Oh, and once this is made a CRIME, those convicted should have to PAY THEIR OWN WAY OUT. If they cannot afford it, they should be put to hard labor at prison wages until they CAN afford it.
Both muslims and moskes should be illegal in the US.
Islam is not a religion but a mental disorder called insanity. Spewing hatred and killing innocent people is insanity. Children being crucified is insanity. Children taught to cut off a teddy bear’s head with a sword is insanity. Women taught on TV how to cover bruises from husband beatings is insanity. Women and children used as human shield is insanity. Having lunch with severed heads is insanity. We need to outlaw this insane shariah law and everything that goes with it. There are not two laws in the United States and that is the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. We need to drain the swamp of the CAIR Muslim Brotherhood and everything that they stand for. NO MORE INSANITY!
That Judge is fool of shipp …