Suit filed to stop building of Florida mosque
A Pompano Beach man who opposes a planned mosque in his neighborhood filed a lawsuit in state court Tuesday against three Islamic groups supporting the project. Rodney Wright claims the mosque would bring an extremist form of Islam to his neighborhood. He wants a judge to order the Islamic Center of South Florida not to build it, saying the mosque would be a "nuisance" that would lower his property value, according to Broward Circuit Court records.
Wright's attorney, Larry Klayman, said his client "feels strongly that the mosque is a security threat and it's going to disrupt the entire neighborhood."
"It is the goal of the [Islamic Center] to spread radical Islam throughout the United States," the lawsuit says. Wright is getting support from the Rev. O'Neal Dozier, the minister who spoke out against the project last year, calling Islam a "dangerous and evil cult."
Martin Sullivan