The Council on American-Islamic Relations and Michigan Islamic Academy officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday after Pittsfield Township's planning commission and trustees denied rezoning.ĭawud Walid, Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said the township violated the First Amendment's religious freedom clause, as well as the federal Religious Institutions Land Use Protection Act. Attorney's office spokeswoman Gina Balaya confirmed Friday that the Justice Department has opened a formal investigation, but said it "is in no way a finding of discrimination." (WWJ/AP) - Federal officials are looking into the denial of a zoning change that would have allowed construction of a 360-student Islamic school in Washtenaw County's Pittsfield Township.
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