https://usmc.oxomeka.org/files/original/ccffd73398cf829aaecf68fc4e3d941e.png d0f292d4fc81a139cd3800d715b03fcc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mississippi Case Use this Item Type to create the case Item Pages for the U.S. Mosque Controversies site. Date 1983 Case Number Enter the case number in this field using the format: Case No. XX_00 (e.g. Case No. Ga_01) Case No. Ms_01 Location The location of the interview Starville, MS Year Year the case began. 1983 Address Enter the full address, if it is available. 204 Herbert St, Starkville, MS 39759 Plus Code Enter the plus code for the location, if it is available. F57X+P5 Starkville, Mississippi Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Starkville, MS Description An account of the resource An Islamic Center was considering purchasing one of three parcels of land near the university on which to erect a student center. In preliminary discussions with city officials, what everyone agreed were legitimate concerns about parking and congestion emerged. Not wanting to appear uncooperative, the Center turned its attention to a fourth piece of land, suitable for its needs although it lay somewhat further from campus. The Planning Commission gave its okay after meeting with the group, and the Center purchased the land. The city’s building code inspector next approved the blueprints for the proposed structure. However, the city council turned the zoning request down, citing congestion. (Somewhat ironically, a house next door was used by Pentecostals.) The Islamic Center took the city to court, and while it lost at the district court was victorious on appeal. Had they not had the determination and the resources to go to court (all the while holding on to the property without being able to use it), though, the Center’s directors would have lost the opportunity to construct their facility. [Source: Waltman, J. L. (2011). Religious free exercise and contemporary American politics: The saga of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000. New York : Continuum.] Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Oxford College of Emory University Approved Built Lawsuit (non-RLUIPA) Mosque Planning and Zoning Public Campaign