Project Lead: ustaz Photo TransferThe City Council on Thursday endorsed a controversial plan to build a $19.2 million replica of the Twin Towers at the Islamic Center of North Texas in Richardson. The council voted 10-0 to allow the construction of the 115-foot-tall, 1,016-foot-long tower at the site of the Islamic Center of North Texas. Mayor Mike Young said the council’s action today reflects the “passion” of the community. “We stand with them in their quest for religious liberty,” he said. He urged the council to act quickly to authorize construction. The city architect has completed a design for the replica. The council will hold a hearing on a change in zoning at the city’s request. A city-sponsored petition drive to build the replica had 940 signatures. The proposed mosque is to be built in a 14,000-square-foot plot in a commercial area of Richardson that’s near two existing mosques. Most of the money to build the replica will come from private donations and $800,000 in city funds. The city will spend $810,000 on the building’s construction. The building will be financed through a $13.8 million bond, payable from a hotel tax. The project’s architects, including members of the M.A.S.D. Institute, hope to erect the replica in 2009. Three mosque construction sites for which financing has been approved were scheduled for earlier this year. In addition to the state’s dispute with the Muslim community, a 27-year-old man’s bid to establish an Islamic free-speech zone in Grapevine was thrown out by a federal appeals court. Liked on FacebookThe U.S. House of Representatives has voted to pass a bill to provide new surveillance and detention powers to American law enforcement agencies.
The bill, known as the “Countering Americans United for Misinformation and Propaganda Act”, would make it easier for the government to ban and shut down websites, restrict online content, and spy on Americans who are not suspected of a crime.
“The Internet is an indispensable tool of free expression, but no single government is without biases, and the United States government is no exception,” said Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), who was one of the primary sponsors of the bill, in a statement.
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