![]() The Muslim civil rights organization filed the lawsuit in 2012 in federal court in Detroit on behalf of the academy. “They’ve had to make do with the overcrowded classrooms, and the students have had to compromise their education.”Ĭonstruction of the new school is expected to start in the spring, Masri said. “This has been in litigation for 4 ½ years,” said Lena Masri, legal director for the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. ![]() The lawsuit claimed the township violated the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, which protects individuals, houses of worship and other religious institutions from discrimination in zoning laws. The academy - which has classes in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade - says its current Ann Arbor location is insufficient to meet its religious and secular needs. The academy sued after the township rejected its request to build in 2011. The Michigan Islamic Academy will move ahead with plans to build the school and housing on land in Pittsfield Township after township officials approved the settlement Wednesday. ![]() An Islamic academy will get $1.7 million and be allowed to build a new school after it settled a federal lawsuit against an Ann Arbor-area township that initially denied its zoning request. ![]()
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