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NJ Mosque Project to Move Forward, Organizers to Recoup $3.25M

The Islamic Society of Basking Ridge will collect attorney’s fees and damages and be permitted to construct a mosque after initially being denied. So reports Time.

The Bernards Township will pay $1.75 million for attorney’s fees and $1.5 million for damages after a settlement was agreed upon. The ISBR and Department of Justice each sued the town and the settlement serves to satisfy both cases.

The township denied that refusal to issue a building permit was discriminatory. However, a statement by U.S. attorney William Fitzpatrick stated the town was found to have treated the potential mosque “differently” from other religious buildings.

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