In “The Death of Ivan Ilyich,” Leo Tolstoy scathingly wrote of a protagonist whose life was “most ordinary and therefore most terrible.” Such may also be said of the ruling put forth by Tennessee judge Robert Corlew, who made the unremarkable determination that “Islam is a religion,” thereby permitting the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro to move forward with plans for construction under the same terms given to other houses of worship.
Yes, a party brought suit to stop the center by claiming that Islam was not a religion. Were this not enough, the site of the future Islamic Center was (in a different set of incidents) set on fire and vandalized, protested and delegitimized in the community.
Tags: Islamaphobia, joshua stanton, Judge Robert Corlew, murfreesboro mosque
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