… I would hate for us to fall to that level again."īrigette and Anthony Washington recently returned to Newton County after spending four years in the United Arab Emirates, where Brigette taught high school English.
"I've heard whispers of killing people as I've sat here, as I've stood in line. "If this discussion was happening 100 years ago there's a good chance it would be about my people," she said. One of them was a young woman named Kendra Miller, who said she was of Jewish descent. Others also expressed concern about the tenor of the comments. It probably, I think, will open your mind a lot,” he said to a smattering of applause. Zouhir said that while many speakers referenced ISIS, Muslims are the ones dying on the front lines of the war against the group. “The Islam (that) people are talking about is not the Islam I grew up with.” “I think I’ve seen more hate tonight than I’ve seen in the last eight years,” he said. “For the sake of defending the Constitution, upholding American values … I encourage all Georgians to speak out against the unfair, unethical and unconstitutional behavior.”Ī young Muslim man named Zouhir said he has lived in Newton County for eight years and has been welcomed. “It gives Newton County a bad reputation, it gives Georgia a bad reputation, it gives America a bad reputation,” he said. Edward Ahmed Mitchell, executive director of the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told Channel 2 Action News that members of the community may be too scared of the negative reaction to attend the meetings. No one from the mosque was present to answer questions. The board of commissioners has no plans to vote on any action following Monday’s hearings.Ĭounty Commission Chairman Keith Ellis said the purpose of Monday's town hall meetings was to "provide our citizens with a platform to express their concerns and ask questions about the proposed project." It has not submitted plans or applied for building permits. The mosque does not have any business before the county. 162 in June 2015, when it also received a county permit for a place of worship. Al Maad Al Islami, a Doraville mosque, purchased 135 acres on Ga.
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