Mayor says Kennesaw leaders want to change mosque vote

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) In an abrupt reversal, Kennesaw's mayor says all four council members who voted to deny a mosque's permit to open in a strip mall have told him they now want to change their decision. <br /> <br /> Mayor Mark Mathews tells The Marietta Daily Journal that the four council members who voted to deny a permit for the Suffa Dawat Center approached him privately to tell him they'd changed their minds. <br /> <br /> Matthews conveyed what the four council members had told him during a Wednesday night council meeting. <br /> <br /> Now, if the city council on Monday opts to vote again, Matthews says the mosque's application would be approved. <br /> <br /> The city council last week voted 4-1 against the request. About 10 protesters had gathered before the vote, waving American flags and signs saying ``no mosque.'' <br />

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