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A congregation of Bosnian Muslims that fought St. Louis County leaders over zoning issues six years ago is again battling county officials who have revoked the group's tax-exempt status.
The Islamic Community Center filed a lawsuit earlier this month challenging that decision, saying that while the recession had slowed its plans for a 4.7-acre parcel in south St. Louis County, it has maintained the property and has always intended to develop it into a religious and community center.
St. Louis County's Board of Equalization argued that by letting the land sit vacant for years without pursuing its religious mission there, the Bosnian group had ceded its First Amendment right to exempt the property from taxation.