Augusta, Maine Planning Board Unanimously Approves Mosque
Wow, I’ve gotta admit I was totally gob smacked when I read this—unanimous approval—I had to rub my eyes to be sure I hadn’t pulled a Rip Van Winkle and woken up a generation or two in the future.
Kudos and a big hug for the entire {{{Augusta}}} community!
AUGUSTA - A proposal to build the first mosque in the city was approved unanimously by the Planning Board Tuesday.
It was also strongly welcomed by representatives of the area’s established religions, including Catholics, Jews and Unitarians.
The Islamic Society of Greater Augusta, a nonprofit group founded in 2009, won approval to build a 1,230 square-foot mosque, with seating for 70 people and parking for 21 cars, on St. Andrews Street a short dead-end street off South Belfast Avenue, on the city’s east side.
More than 60 people packed into council chambers Tuesday for a Planning Board public hearing on the proposal.
No one spoke in opposition to the proposal and the new place of worship won strong support from the leaders of other religions. […]
Statements made by the various religious leaders are available at the source, as is some background on the Augusta Muslim community.
And with that, I think it’s time to call it a night before anything happens that might harsh my good news buzz, heh.