Arizona man in jail for hosting Bible Study in the PRIVACY OF HIS OWN HOME!

**rahl** · Jul 11 2012, 07:08 AM

Originally Posted by Mac-7

Did he?

He is not registered as a church.

All he did was hold Bible study in his home with other Christians.

which is why he knowingly violated city zoning laws.

**rahl** · Jul 11 2012, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by Mac-7

Says who?
.

the law.

Nowhere does it say that he was registered as a tax-exempt religious organization.

which is the problem

He was just holding Bible study with other Christians

which violated city zoning laws

**rahl** · Jul 11 2012, 07:12 AM

Originally Posted by Subdermal

There is NO WAY you can rationalize this BS unless you have your head FAR up your ass.

Salman’s incarceration is the result of a long-running feud between the ordained pastor and the city of Phoenix over weekly Bible studies that Salman and his wife hosted in their home. City officials determined that the weekly gatherings constituted a church – and therefore violated a number of code regulations.

The controversy erupted in 2009 when nearly a dozen police officers raided the Salman’s home and a 2,000 square foot building in their backyard. The family had moved their Bible study into the building after the group outgrew their living room.

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes...ble-study.html

taken directly from the OP's link.

guess we know who has their head up their ass don't we?

**wolfsgirl** · Jul 11 2012, 07:20 AM

The "home" is titled to his church. http://mcassessor.maricopa.gov/Asses...016-F&info=res

There are laws that say his church has to have parking on site. 1 space for every 3 people. Which he doesn't have.
The "church" building on his property was built as a 5 car garage, and was not permitted for electric, or plumbing.

It is allowed to have a church on residential property, but the church must be larger than the living structure, which this is not.

He is taking the tax break for being a church, but when confronted with the law, it is suddenly a study group.
If he wants to claim it is a study group he needs to pay the back taxes since 2008. http://treasurer.maricopa.gov/Parcel/Summary.aspx

**Professor Peabody** · Jul 11 2012, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by Mac-7

Did he?

He is not registered as a church.

All he did was hold Bible study in his home with other Christians.

Just imagine the outrage if it had been a community organizing meeting.

**Anikdote** · Jul 11 2012, 07:25 AM

2000 sq ft building... That could hold.... what? At least 100 people?

Where do they park? Could you imagine being this guys neighbor and once a week you can barely drive through the neighborhood because of all the cars?

**Never Left** · Jul 11 2012, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by Wolverine68

Arizona Man in Jail for Hosting Bible Study in his home

"Privacy of your own home" is on the Endangered phrase list.

I saw this story yesterday and I thought to myself that our religious liberty are totally threatened. If they had been having a quilting party or anyother activity it would have been fine, or if this had been any other religion besides Christianity. The leftist losers of this country want to marginalize the Christian community. Christians represent Christ, or at least try to, here on earth. Jesus said that if they hate you, they hated me first. This is how it started in Nazi Germany against the Jews.