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Posted on 05/16/2026 1:33:03 PM PDT by Jacquerie
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 values.
One resident went viral after she declared, “This is not about a place of worship; this is not about religion; Islam is not a religion, it’s a takeover.”
She went on to read a passage from the Quran, which states, “Make war on the infidels living in your neighborhood.”
“I just want to say this is not about a place of worship. This is not about religion. Islam is not a religion; it’s a takeover. And if you’ve done any studies, if you listen to any of the news media, you will find out that that is true,” she added.
Council Chair Brian Carnes repeatedly tried to steer testimony back to land-use and infrastructure issues such as traffic and compatibility with the residential neighborhood, reminding speakers that the proceeding was quasi-judicial and could not consider religious beliefs directly.
Despite this, multiple residents made their cultural and ideological objections explicit.
Wilfredo Rivera, who lives next door, said the applicant never disclosed the mosque plans when purchasing the property.
The applicant, Arafath Mohammad of Waxlan Investments LLC, had purchased the 5-acre residential property in January and sought permission to build or convert it into a roughly 3,000-square-foot mosque and community center.
South Carolina has a long legislative history of resisting Sharia law in state courts. In 2016, the state House passed a bill explicitly banning Sharia from judicial consideration.
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Excellent news! I wish every county in this country would do the same.
“”Excellent news!””
Truly - is TX paying attention?
Islam is a syncretic tribal religion. Hijacking a form from Judaism and some from Catholicism makes it akin to a Chinese Restaurant’s one from column A and one from column B to make something, something. Fasting in the extreme, but very shallow form that is ramadan is imitating Lent, but twisted. Sharia is not in any way, shape or form comparable to Catholic Canon law.
Nothing about Islam is compatible with the Western governments which descended from Greece and Rome.
It is misogynistic. It is filled with febrile dreams of death. It is a set of beliefs that cannot be reformed. It has no place here.
Islam or at least in its present form is not compatible with civilization period.
They need Reformation so Islam is no longer "Islam".
Great news, nice to see Ixlam called out. Next move, this mosque will hire lawyers with with some foreign Muslim money. Mosque will not have to pay jack shiite. The rich foreign Muslims paying<<< this is a category of Jihad according to their unholy books.
ACLU will get involved.
FINALLY!!
People with a backbone!!!!
Well done !!!!
Well unless the SCOTUS decides to pick and choose what they will define as a religion the county is violating the mosque’s First Amendment rights. The county needs to show another reason besides objections to Islam for their rejection. It could be lack of parking. No drainage. Incompatible with current zoning. Concerns about noise levels.
However if the mosque submitted their plans and they met all the conditions of the zoning and any special exceptions and variances the county is legally obligated to approve their permit. The county is then acting in a quasi-judicial capacity and their role is simply to make sure laws have been met. This is long established case law.
To Hell with the First Amendment!
And this time they would be right to do so.
Because Islam is an intolerant violent religion a special clause restricting any Constitutional protections for it should be added.
And what could possibly go wrong with setting that precedent?
Lots of things could go wrong. Islam, however, has infected and ruined too many countries not to take its threat seriously.
If you oppose a mosque in your neighborhood, you have to base your opposition on something other than sectarian values. These cases routinely end up with the mosques being built after legal challenges under federal civil rights law — often in unanimous court rulings. And if there is evidence that the same municipal government that rejected a mosque application routinely approved other religious buildings in similar circumstances, the taxpayers of that jurisdiction may end up shelling out a pile of money in civil damages as well.
The sooner the better.
That’s absolutely true.
Islam is a form of government and should not be allowed to exercise any of its rules or laws that are contrary to the laws of this Nation.
They are free to leave if they can't separate their religion from their "government".
Then the right thing to do is restrict immigration from Islam majority countries. Whether potential entrants want to be here on a temporary or permanent visa. Severe vetting must accompany reviews of any applications that meet any exceptions established. The other thing to do is make association with any organizations or persons that preach violent jihad grounds to revoke naturalization.
But destroying the First Amendment will back fire.
There seem to be quite a few morons on this thread as well.
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