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  1. May 30, 2025

    Praying Or Parking? Religious Land Use Fights Head To Court

    Local zoning and planning boards, usually unelected decision-making bodies, often operate with sweeping discretion that can provide cover for discrimination against religious communities. But backed by pro bono attorneys, religious groups are leaning on a 2000 federal law in their bid for court intervention.

  2. May 30, 2017

    NJ Town To Approve Mosque, Pay $3.25M To Settle Bias Suits

    Bernards Township has agreed to pay $3.25 million to an Islamic group and approve its plans for a mosque to resolve litigation in New Jersey federal court alleging that the municipality denied the organization's land use application in an act of religious discrimination, federal authorities announced Tuesday.

  3. January 03, 2017

    Parking Rules Discriminated Against NJ Mosque, Judge Says

    Bernards Township, New Jersey, and several municipal officials accused of stymieing the construction of a mosque violated federal law by applying a municipal zoning ordinance in a way that created different requirements for building houses of worship on the basis of religion, a federal judge ruled Saturday.