Plaintiffs rhetorically conflated mosque construction with hosting Osama bin Laden

Evidence

[Having asked if they would have no claim if the planning commission approved a permit for bin Laden, this follows.] Go back to if they approved a site for Osama bin Laden — which is not far off, once again — would they still argue that the plaintiffs have waited too long? Why? Ask why does our local government not want these issues addressed? — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 381

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth checking how the court responded to such overtly prejudicial appeals in its written opinion.
• XREF: connects to: Litigants weaponized court proceedings to spread anti-Muslim racist tropes — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 345; Anti-sharia litigation frames mosques as terrorist-breeding sites to justify exclusion. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 372; Liberal responses to the Ground Zero Mosque controversy tacitly endorsed collective Muslim blame — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 721

Broader Connections

• Liberal responses to the Ground Zero Mosque controversy tacitly endorsed collective Muslim blame #contradicts (0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 721