MURFREESBORO (AP) — Opponents of a mosque in Rutherford County filed Wednesday for an injunction seeking to stop construction.

According to The Daily News Journal (http://on.dnj.com/Mfrt9T), plaintiffs filed the request with Chancellor Robert Corlew, who last week declared the mosque approval void because of inadequate public notice but did not halt construction.

The construction has been ongoing during the year and a half the court case has dragged on. There already is an existing mosque but supporters say a bigger one is needed.

Mosque leaders hope to finish the first phase of construction before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins at the end of July.

Last week's order by Corlew prohibits further meetings on the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro without proper notice to the public.

A hearing on Wednesday's request is June 13.

The mosque was one of several Muslim projects in the U.S. that were targets of conservative Christian opposition in 2010 as a result of a plan to build a Muslim community center near New York's ground zero.

In Tennessee there were large protests and counter-protests and arson of construction equipment at the building site soon after the approval.

Corlew dismissed allegations about the validity of Islam, but did rule this year that the approval violated the state's public meetings law.