A lose-lose situation ...Australia hasn't shown itself to be post-modern, but old fashioned ethno-centric ... how American, and how un-European you are ;-) And of course the madrassah lost out. In America, zoning contests are very political ... in my town, usually money has to be passed under the table to the city council members, to move a zoning dispute in a "favorable" direction. Perhaps the Quranic society had too much integrity to offer the usual bribes or were too poor? Shalom