Community News · Palm Beach County
E11even Cofounder Urges Opposition to Islamic Center Projects in Palm Beach County
Real estate investor Marc Roberts sent a mass email on Oct. 21 urging recipients to contact Gov. Ron DeSantis to oppose Islamic center projects in Delray Beach, Loxahatchee, West Palm Beach and Vero Beach, according to The Real Deal. The Delray Beach project, approved in 2023 and including a school, day care and mosque, has drawn repeated protests at City Commission meetings; an Oct. 3 meeting ended with swastika-wearing demonstrators shouting anti-semitic slurs in the county civic center's parking lot, per WPBF reports. Interfaith leaders, including Boca Raton Interfaith Clergy Association co-president Rabbi David Steinhardt, publicly defended the project participants, citing decades of community involvement. Roberts' attorney did not respond to requests for comment.