I AM a member of the Muslim community and have lived in Clitheroe a long time. I have supported the trustees for the last four years in their search to find us a suitable place for a mosque.

The property on Holden Street is only for the use of children and to put forward plans yet again is a total waste of our money. We need somewhere that will accommodate all local Muslims, of whom there are now more than 300.

The trustees stated that only about eight to 15 people will be using the mosque, but there are about another 150 who would wish to attend a proper mosque, which in my opinion is what we need, not a makeshift dwelling with restrictions in place.

This is totally against Islam. We need to abide by our prayer times, dictated in the Koran. This is fundamental in our Islamic religion, and restricting prayer times is not acceptable.

If members of the Muslim community have to pray at home for the first and last prayers of the day, what is the point of having the mosque? We might as well pray at home for all prayer times.

The first morning prayer is most important to us as is the last evening prayer, especially to shift workers who cannot attend the daytime prayers.

What will we do at Ramadan? We need to be able to attend the mosque 24 hours a day at this time. The trustees must do the right thing for all local Muslims and find us a correct place for a mosque. We are not happy with the plan for Holden Street.

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