Plan to Transform Library into Mosque Faces Last-Minute Legal Challenge
Plans to transform a library into a mosque in a quiet Welsh town have faced a last-minute legal challenge.
The former library is to be turned into Abergavenny's first mosque after Labour council chiefs agreed a 30-year-old lease on the building.
The decision to renovate the disused property was made in June, as the library has been out of use for a decade.
The Muslim population in Abergavenny is approximately one per cent of the total residents, below the Welsh average of 2.2 per cent, according to the latest population data.
Lawyers acting for three councillors and a local resident have written to Monmouthshire County Council, raising new legal concerns about the council's right to lease the building.
A barrister notes that documents required to settle the dispute could be in historical papers in Scotland and New York.
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Author's summary: A Welsh town's plan to transform a library into a mosque faces a last-minute legal challenge.