MoD fights plan for mosque near Sandhurst academy

By Nigel Bunyan Published: 9:00AM GMT twenty-two February 2010

Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst Photo: ALAMY

Senior officials explain the place of ceremony poses a security hazard since it overlooks the march belligerent used by each new military officer in the British Army.

They lodged their central conflict after 7,000 residents of the broker leather belt around Camberley, Surrey, sealed a apply to angry about the due structure.

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The mosque would have a large architecture and dual 100ft minarets positioned 400 yards from the march ground.

Security officials are accepted to have asked military special bend officers to short the internal legislature on the intensity for in advance Islamists to be captivated to the temple.

Although the plan has been since the go-ahead by the formulation cabinet of Surrey Heath Council, no last preference will be done until the full legislature meets subsequent month.

Both Prince Charles and Prince Harry were commissioned at Sandhurst and comparison members of the Royal family are unchanging visitors.

Local Muslims have been worshipping at a former Victorian propagandize for the past fourteen years, but right away wish to set up their own mosque on the same site.

A orator for the Ministry of Defence said: "Sandhurst has objected to the plans as such a tall construction would give slip in to Defence skill that could infer a security risk.

"It is not since the construction is a mosque that the plans are objectionable, it is since it is such a tall building."

Alan Kirkland, the personality of a debate by internal residents to conflict the construction of a mosque, said: "A lot of people are doubt the distance of the minarets that will disremember the total academy."

The internal Conservative MP, Michael Gove, has referred to the focus should be cold for the consequence of "good village relations".

Nigel Farage, of the UK Independence party, said: "I am confounded at such an idea. Many fright it could poise a grave security risk."

Abdul Wasay Chowdhury, of the Bengali Welfare Association, said: "We have written the new mosque really delicately to raise the internal area."

A orator for Surrey Heath Council said: "The submitted plans state there will be no entrance to the minarets on top of the roof tiles turn of the building."