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The City Council denied a request by Muslim residents to use space in a retail shopping center as a prayer center by a 4-1 vote Monday night, with Councilwoman Cris Eaton-Welsh voting in favor.
Doug Dillard, the attorney representing the applicant, Suffa Dawat Center at Kennesaw, said the council's denial was a blatant attack on the applicant's First Amendment rights to practice religion freely. Dillard said the applicant, Mufti Islam, will fight back, and he has plans to bring a lawsuit against the city.
"We think it's discriminatory, and it violates equal terms," Dillard said. "They had no reason to deny this."