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Council rejects use of school hall as mosque; Australia
Topic Started: Oct 27 2010, 06:42 AM (31 Views)
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Council rejects use of school hall as mosque


A suburban council in Perth has rejected a request by an Islamic school to allow its school hall to be used as a place of worship for Muslim members of the community.

The Australian Islamic College in Forrestfield asked permission for the assembly hall to be used as a mosque for up to 300 people for half an hour of worship on Friday afternoons.

At their meeting last night, Gosnells councillors ruled the school hall could be used for worship only by staff and students.

They identified problems with road congestion and inadequate parking as reasons for refusing.

The college's religious leader Burhaan Mehtar says it is disheartening the council has failed to recognise the needs of the community.

"We are a community and we have some 275 families who attend the school and those parents when they pick their kids up," he said.

"Our prayer is part of our extra curricular activities so they obviously need a place to pray."

Burhaan Mehtar says he will continue to consult the council.

"We still need to have more meetings with the council to see if we can perhaps drive the point home that we are taking drastic measures to reduce the somewhat so called pressures," he said.

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