Lou Ann Zelenik

Editor's note:  The following is a news release from the campaign of  Lou Ann Zelenik  who is currently  running in the GOP primary for Congress in the Tennesse Sixth CD that includes Rutherford County. The release  expresses her views on today's ruling by Judge Robert Corlew,III  Chancellor of the  Chancery Court, regarding the failure of the Rutherford Planning Commission to provide adequate notice to citizens of hearings approving the expansion of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro on May 24, 2010.  You may check Ms. Zelenik's campign website, here, for more information.

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Mt. Juliet, TN----Sixth District Congressional Candidate Lou Ann Zelenik praised the court ruling today that denied the approval of “Islamic Center of Murfreesboro”, stating that adequate notice was not given to the public by the Planning Commission of the intentions of the Islamic group.

“This is a victory for the citizens of all Middle Tennessee who have been the victims of ‘taqqiya’ (Islamic lying for the sake of advancing Islam) during this entire process,” said Zelenik, a leading critic of the construction of the Islamic Center. Zelenik, as a 6^th district congressional candidate in 2010, openly challenged the project resulting in numerous death threats. Since then, she has devoted countless hours as Executive Director of the Tennessee Freedom Coalition speaking out against radical Islam and its encroachment into American culture.

She is once again in the race for the Republican nomination for District 6. “For over 2 years my opponent has been and still is on the sidelines of this issue. This is not a partisan issue, but an American issue and her silence is deafening”, said Zelenik.

“This was not an issue of freedom of religion. Islam does not claim to be a religion, but a social and political system that intends to dominate every facet of our lives and seeks to dominate it’s host culture by any means including force and violence. This case was for equal treatment under the law. No Christian church or Jewish synagogue would have received this type of treatment from the Planning Commission.”

“I was criticized for being opposed to freedom of religion,” Zelenik stated, “but the reality is that I was speaking for the citizens of Tennessee who felt they had no voice. As a political figure, I was proud to stand with other brave citizens who were outraged by the denial of their due process rights. Those citizens and the attorneys deserve all the credit in the world.”