Religious Land Use An Issue In Germany Too

In the United States, RLUIPA was in part a response to zoning restrictions and other obstacles faced by houses of worship. It appears that similar problems are now surfacing in Germany. Construction of Berlin's new Grand Mosque has been on hold since January. According to a report by AKI, now a German court has ruled that the Mosque must guarantee local residents that construction will not damage their property. In other German cities, Moslem groups have also been denied building permits. The opposition Christian Democratic Union is pressing for additional kinds of restrictions to deal with national security problems they say are posed by "Islamic extremists".