Monday, May 7, 2012
City plan commissioners on Monday unanimously endorsed construction of a nearly 13,000-square-foot mosque on Pheasant Drive. Read Patch's live-blog from the public hearing, with photos and video.
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Monday, May 7, 2012
The Brookfield Plan Commission unanimously backed construction of a mosque in Brookfield. By vote voice, commissioners recommended the Common Council approve the project when it meets May 15. Patch live-blogged Monday's public hearing on the Islamic Society of Milwaukee West's plans to build a mosque in Brookfield. Read the blog transcript above. Read full story from Monday night's meeting
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The Islamic Society of Milwaukee West will hold an informational session on Monday at Gethsemane Lutheran, as Unitarian Universalist Church West's board of trustees endorses the mosque.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Aiming to answer residents' questions about the proposed mosque and about Islam, the Islamic Society of Milwaukee West will hold an informational session Monday at Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brookfield. Mushir Hassan, a Brookfield resident, doctor and spokesman for the mosque said Society leaders will give a brief presentation on the project at 7 p.m. Monday at Gethsemane, 13200 W. Greenfield Ave., followed by questions and answers. Hassan said he hoped the session would also clear up "some misconceptions about Islam." That session will come a week before the city's planned May 2 open house about the project at the Brookfield Public Safety Building municipal courtroom, 2100 N. Calhoun Rd. and the formal public hearing at …
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Representatives of the city Community Development Department and the Islamic Society of Milwaukee West will meet with neighbors living within 300 feet of a proposed mosque.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Brookfield aldermen Tuesday night voted unanimously to schedule a public hearing on a proposed mosque, most likely at a Plan Commission meeting in May. But first, representatives of the city Community Development Department and the Islamic Society of Milwaukee West will hold an informational meeting with neighbors — a practice that is becoming a routine part of city planning processes. The city will invite all property owners within 300 feet of the proposed 12,950-square-foot mosque at 16650 and 16730 W. Pheasant Dr., which is just northeast of the Calhoun Road-North Avenue intersection. The largely vacant site formerly housed Sanders C & Sons Welding. The Islamic Society of Milwaukee wants to build a mosque in Brookfield for its west …
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
A growing number of Muslims in the Waukesha County area and greater convenience for those families is prompting the effort to build a second location.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The Islamic Society of Milwaukee wants to build a mosque in Brookfield for its west suburban members, with hopes to eventually expand the facility to serve about 350 congregants. Local Muslim leaders say they have outgrown their Milwaukee location and want to create a more convenient location for Waukesha County area families. The congregation size at the society's 4707 S. 13th St. location has grown from 600 people in 1999 to more than 1,500 on a weekly basis, according to documents filed with the city. About 75 to 100 Muslim families live within a 10-mile radius of the proposed Brookfield mosque site, the documents say. For the past decade, some west-side members have been meeting and praying at various sites in Waukesha County, …
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11:48 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012
The congregational prayer is held only once a week on friday & concludes at 2pm which is not the busy hour. There would be a right turn lane which will actually improve traffic flow during morning & evening rush hours. The call to prayers is not made over loud speakers. more ›