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D ESI GNS for Clitheroe’s new mosque are being finalised ahead of
■ work beginning on the project in; the next few weeks. . . Trustees of the Medina Partnership, the organisation set up to manage th e :
' new facility, have unveiled plans; to • progress on the site since planning per mission was granted by Kibble Valley Borough Council.' ■Council officials gave the go-ahead in
December, 2006, for controversial plans for a “place of worship and community partnership centre” at the disused for mer Methodist Chapel in Lowergate. It was the end of a long and difficult
' •,■ he would be working on finalising th e .
■design scheme and confirming the internal layouts of the building to turn ■ the project into reality.: . :^;“Detailed design activities are cur-;, rently under way in advance of work • cominencing on Clitheroe’s new ■ mosque,” he commented.
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^ ■ “.'We have been working hard on a number of fronts to finalise plans for .
- the new mosque and community part- ; nership centre.
' . ■ . “Over the past two years, since plan
ning permission was granted, we have , been incredibly busy working with a.^ number of Muslim and non-Muslim partners to plan service provision in ;
- the building.” In June 2007, local Muslims kick-
. road for the area’s small Muslim com- ‘ ■ munity; who had caihpaigned for many ■ years to establish a mosque at other. • sites in the town. ^
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• tions relating to a site in Holden Street . had been refused. ■ However, two years on and Mr Sher- ' .' az Arshad, of the toym’s Medina Part-' nership; hopes people will work togeth er to provide a.“first-class’’ facility for Clitheroe.
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started an appeal to. assist in financing the broad'range of services it is aimed to.dffer to the community over and .■ above the prayer facilities. ■ “These have been . very well received ; and'we are how looking forward to
'starting work oh'making these ambi tions a reality,” he added. ■ . “Over the coming weeks' we will be
working on ■finalising the design; . scheme “In the’ensuing months we.will then.
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