Angry planners approve Handsworth pub's conversion into mosque

by Neil Elkes
Birmingham Mail
May 18, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1708/angry-planners-approve-handsworth-pubs-conversion

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The conversion of a derelict inner-city pub into a mosque, carried out without planning permission, has been given the green light by councillors.

The Planning Committee was furious that owners of the former Bulls Head pub in Birchfield Road, Handsworth, had carried out the building work and extensions before securing their approval.

But they decided that the mosque was better than a boarded-up pub and reluctantly agreed to allow it.

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