By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel
A vote by a town board in rural Sheboygan County paved the way Monday for a group of local Muslims to establish the county’s first mosque.
The Wilson Town Board unanimously approved a conditional-use permit that would allow the newly formed Muslim Society of Sheboygan to convert a former health food store on two-lane Sauk Trail Road into a house of worship.
The decision capped months of debate in a controversy that pitted local Muslims’ rights to religious expression against some of their neighbors’ – including some local pastors – fears about terrorism and religious intolerance.
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