‘We Do Not Want Sharia’: SC County Denies Permit for Proposed Mosque After Community Backlash

SC Officials Deny Permit for Mosque amid Sharia Law Concerns

Officials in South Carolina have denied a permit to build a mosque due to infrastructure and traffic concerns.

South Carolina County Rejects Proposed Mosque: ‘We Do Not Want Sharia Law In This Area’

A proposed mosque and community center in Indian Land, South Carolina, was blocked this week after local officials voted against a permit application following a packed public hearing that drew heavy opposition from residents. The Lancaster County Council voted to deny the request tied to a nearly five-acre property on Harrisburg Road, where property owner...

South Carolina County Unanimously Rejects Mosque Permit After Residents Protest: 'Islam Is Not a Religion — It’s a Takeover'

South Carolina’s Lancaster County Council voted unanimously last week to deny a conditional-use permit for a proposed Islamic Mosque and community center in the Indian Land area after angry residents passionately spoke out against it. The rejection came after more than two hours of intense public testimony in which multiple residents warned that the mosque would import Sharia law and represent an ideological takeover incompatible with American v…

‘We do not want Sharia’: SC county denies permit for proposed mosque after community backlash

“Islam is not a religion, it’s a takeover.”