City council, locals caught off-guard by mosque in Walton County
The current building for the Loganville Islamic Center, which is constructing a three-story replacement on its Lee Byrd Road location. Contributed image
Signs that construction of a three-story, 19,000-square-foot Islamic center is underway on a five-acre lot at 883 Lee Byrd Road in Loganville have caught some of the city’s elected officials by surprise and unleashed some community concern on social media.
The Loganville Islamic Center has operated on the tract since 2023, when the land was purchased by the Lawrenceville-based Georgia Islamic Institute of Religious and Social Sciences Inc for $630,000…