(NBC NEWS) A federal judge ruled Saturday that a New Jersey township discriminated against an Islamic society by applying different parking standards in its bid to build a mosque, which the township rejected last January.
U.S. District Court Judge Michael A. Shipp of New Jersey found that the Bernards Township planning board treated the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge differently when it required more parking spots for the proposed mosque than for Christian churches under a ratio of one spot for every three seats.
Shipp also wrote that the 3-to-1 ratio for churches applies equally to mosques and synagogues.
