#3 Tax laws allow such funding for religiously affiliated non-profits if they can prove the facility will benefit the general public and their religious activities are funded separately.
I don't see how this facility will benefit the general public. Muslims are not partial to sharing their spaces with infidels. While the stated general usage community centre, pool, yada yada may be open to general public, it won't last. The doors will shut on infidels.
Will this victory mosque allow women to pray in the same room as the men? Side by side in equality? The constitution is fairly solid on the equality thing. Public funds/tax free bonds can't be used by institutions that do not provide for equal usage.
it will have it's own fatwa bulletin board and a sharia court. Operating a parallel judicial system - one that muslims see as superiour to US law - can't be supported by public funds. There is nothing this facility offers the general public outside providing a target-rich environment. |
Seems like the other shoe has dropped on where they were planning on getting the remaining funding. Of course, with skin in the game, I'll bet the government would go out of its way to grant it other favors as necessary to keep their investment in good health.