Opposed by Ljubljana mayor Danica Simšič as a "constitutionally-forbidden encroachment on the constitutionally-guaranteed rights of a religious minority",[1] the referendum was rejected by the Constitutional Court in July 2004.

[2] In December 2008, city councilor Mihael Jarc began gathering signatures for a second referendum, this time to delete the mosque's proposed 40 m minaret, over the opposition of mayor Zoran Janković.

The reaction among the-then prominent national political parties was mixed; LDS and Zares voiced support for the construction of the mosque; SD, DESUS and SDS remained neutral on the matter, while SNS expressed opposition.

[5] In 2004, a 2800 m2 site on Cesta dveh cesarjev Road was planned, bought by the municipality from the Lazarite order for 350,000 euros to be made available for purchase by the Islamic Community of Slovenia.

[6] The extension of Livarska Street leading to the complex has been renamed "Džamijska ulica," after the Slovene word for "mosque," a cognate of the Arabic jamaat ("congregation.")