U.S. Attorney, St. Anthony Apparently Settle Lawsuit

ST. ANTHONY, Minn. (AP) -- The U.S. government has apparently reached a settlement with the city of St. Anthony over a proposed Islamic center.

U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger planned to hold a news conference Tuesday afternoon on the results of settlement negotiations.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Minneapolis alleged the St. Anthony Village City Council treated Abu-Huraira's application for a conditional use permit at the St. Anthony Business Center on less-than-equal terms as other, non-religious permits to assemble.

The lawsuit wanted the court to require St. Anthony to allow the Abu Huraira Islamic Center to maintain a worship space in the basement of the St. Anthony Business Center.

The City Council voted to reject the proposed Abu Huraira Islamic Center in 2012, saying a religious and cultural center wasn't compatible with the site's light industrial zoning.