Oxfordshire Muslims Revive Mosque Plans

The Muslim community in Chipping Norton town in England’s south east district of West Oxfordshire has put forward new plans to create their first mosque in the district to host worshippers who has been living in the city for three decades without a worshipping place.

“There have been Muslims in Chipping Norton for about 30 years and I have lived here for 24 years,” Chipping Norton town councilor Tahirul Hasan told Banbury Guardian on Friday, January 4.
“Every day our numbers grow and we’re quite a big community now.”
The mosque proposal, spearheaded by Hasan, suggests converting a ground floor of a disused shop in West Street to be used as a prayer room.
The proposal would involve the conversion of the ground floor of the building, which would be let from a private landlord. The first floor of the building would be leased separately.
The mosque would be used by Muslims from across West Oxfordshire who currently meet on the ground floor of the town hall.
It would be funded entirely by collections made by the Muslim community at prayer meetings.
The planning application has been lodged with West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC).
Britain is home to a sizable Muslim minority of nearly 2.5 million.

Source: onislam.net