Mosque officials in a row over a street naming have filed a lawsuit alleging that their first amendment rights — freedom of religion – was violated when the City Council passed an ordinance to additionally name a section of Van Houten Street after Alhaj Forman Ali, an individual many say played a role in the…
50 people attend council meeting to stop resolution cancellation
About 50 people filled the City Council chamber on Tuesday evening to silently express their vehement opposition to rescinding a resolution that had passed previously to additionally name a section of Van Houten Street to Alhaj Forman Ali Street in honor of the man who played a key role in founding the Jalalabad Jam-E-Masjid.