Illustration of a prayer room.

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A. Gelebart / 20 Minutes

  • The Islamic Confederation Millî Görüs Est intends to develop a "prayer room" in an existing building "of about 650 to 700 m2" in total and located on land belonging to the association.

  • This project for a place of worship has been filed with the town planning department of Mulhouse, which cannot legally oppose it.

  • The land, located in a residential area, has been home to a private school outside the contract since the fall.

A new place of worship could well see the light of day in Mulhouse.

Confirmed by the town hall and the association, the Islamic Confederation Millî Görüs Est intends to fit out a "prayer room" in an existing building "of about 650 to 700 m2" in total and located on land belonging to association, said the president of the association Eyup Sahin.

An association at the heart of a controversy after the green town hall of Strasbourg voted on March 22 the "principle" of a subsidy of more than 2.5 million euros for the imposing site of its mosque.

A project launched several years ago

A project for a place of worship by Millî Görüs has indeed been filed with the town planning department of Mulhouse, the latter said, confirming information from the daily

L'Alsace

.

The land, located in a residential area, has been home to a private school outside the contract since the fall, explains Eyup Sahin.

The project, launched several years ago, was delayed by a legal standoff with the town hall of Mulhouse, finally won last year by Millî Görüs, he explains.

Then mayor of Mulhouse, Jean Rottner, the current LR president of the Grand-Est Region and first deputy of the LR mayor of Mulhouse Michèle Lutz, had a modification of the local urban plan (PLU) voted in October in the municipal council. in order to "reaffirm the strictly economic nature of the activities authorized in the sector", according to the newspaper.

But Millî Görüs, who had filed an appeal with administrative justice, canceled the modified PLU, said Eyup Sahin.

According to

L'Alsace

, the town hall no longer has any legal recourse.

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