Seattle Journal of Commerce: Town to pay $580K for denying mosque

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On June 7 the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce reports: 

"Chicago suburb that prevented a Muslim group from converting a vacant building into a mosque will pay the group $580,000.

In a Tuesday news release, the U.S. Department of Justice says Des Plaines agreed to settle a complaint the department brought as well as a 2013 lawsuit brought by The Society of American Bosnians and Herzegovinians shortly after the city denied its rezoning application."

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