According to reports, a crowd of people were filmed cheering when the Sterling Heights, Michigan, planning commission voted 9 to 0 not to allow the building of a proposed mosque.
People outside of City Hall were heard chanting, “No more mosque!”
Others took a more patriotic approach, shouting, “God bless America!”
If the 20,500 mosque had passed, it would have been in a residential area. Opponents claimed it would cause too much traffic, and worried that it put their community at risk for Islamic extremism.
Mosque leaders attempted to compromise by offering to downsize the building, but that was not enough for the community.
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