A federal judge has enjoined a New Jersey town from enforcing an ordinance that would have required a Muslim congregation to obtain a variance in order to build a mosque, finding the law could irreparably harm religious practice.
Even if the town could show it was trying to preserve the community’s residential character, it was unlikely to prove the ordinance was the least restrictive way of doing so, U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp held on Sept. 30 in Al Falah Center v. Twp. of Bridgewater.
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