MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- The Murfreesboro Mosque is the target of yet another court hearing.
The Daily News Journal reports plaintiffs will be back in a Rutherford County court this afternoon in an attempt “to halt the construction and improvement of the cemetery,” recently approved by the county for the mosque grounds.
The case will be heard by Rutherford County Chancellor Robert Corlew III. Corlew was the judge who heard the original court case seeking to halt construction of the mosque.
Corlew ruled for the plaintiffs in that case, but saw his ruling set aside by a higher court. Plaintiffs are waiting now to hear if that original case will be taken up by the United States Supreme Court.
In this afternoon’s hearing, plaintiffs will argue the county Board of Zoning Appeals didn’t give sufficient notice for the January hearing at which it approved a cemetery on the mosque grounds, and didn’t require adequate environmental and traffic flow studies for the site.
Plaintiff’s attorney Joe Brandon Jr. has not yet return a call seeking comment. Mosque spokesman Saleh Sbenaty says the requested studies were completed and submitted as part of the original site plan.
“We have a geo-tech report that shows that there are 23 or 22 feet of dirt before getting to rock.”
The hearing will be heard this afternoon at 1p.m. in the Rutherford County Judicial Building.