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Monday, 9 December 2019

The mosque in Dudley North that may cost Labour the seat

Muslims feel ‘stabbed in the back’ by the party over cancelled plans for a new mosque

Dudley central mosque doesn’t look like a building with the potential to help shape an election. Sitting in the shadow of the impressive Dudley castle, it is a crumbling former school with inadequate parking: depressing and dilapidated, the only hint to its true purpose are the two white domes stuck on its facade.

The Muslim population in here have historically been staunch Labour supporters: the party has seven Muslim councillors on the local authority. But after the community lost a 15-year battle to open a new mosque all that is up for grabs.

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from Islam | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2DZ5QfD

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