Leaders of an Islamic school are dropping their plans to relocate to Hoover less than a week after the city’s planning and zoning commission rejected their proposal and amid an onslaught of anti-Muslim comments from both residents and U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville.

The planning and zoning commission issued its rejection, which is advisory, Monday evening after a hearing that brought a standing room crowd to city hall.

The Hoover City Council has the final say on the matter and would have voted at a meeting in January.

However, school leaders for the Islamic Academy of Alabama this weekend told the city that they were rescinding their application.

“Representatives of the applicants have informed the city they do not intend to initiate their case being heard by the city council. There

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