Group behind failed Long Island Muslim boarding school claims town board caved to Islamophobia: suit

Islip had already granted the boarding school its blessing in January, signing off on the plan to open and house 120 Muslim students -- before the town reversed course after a wave of Islamophobia swept through NIMBY neighborhood Facebook groups and at a packed, five-hour public meeting in July, the lawsuit argued. 

Group behind failed Long Island Muslim boarding school claims town board caved to Islamophobia: suit
Islip had already granted the boarding school its blessing in January, signing off on the plan to open and house 120 Muslim students -- before the town reversed course after a wave of Islamophobia swept through NIMBY neighborhood Facebook groups and at a packed, five-hour public meeting in July, the lawsuit argued.