A local authority is facing legal action by three Christian councillors after it approved the use of a former Abergavenny library as a mosque, allegedly without proper scrutiny.
Monmouthshire County Council agreed to grant a 30-year lease of the former Carnegie library to the Monmouthshire Muslim Community Association (MMCA) for use as a mosque and Islamic centre earlier this year.
In its proposal last December, the MMCA cited “the rapidly growing Muslim population in Monmouthshire” and stated that “mosques play a fundamental role in British society”.
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