SAITAMA –
An unauthorized Islamic prayer corridor has been constructed on land in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, the place new building is usually prohibited, prompting town to order the landowner to take away the construction.
The metropolis has issued corrective steerage to the Pakistan-linked firm that owns the land, in search of the removing of the mosque, however no clear path towards resolving the difficulty has emerged. Kawagoe Mayor Hatsue Morita stated at an everyday press convention on July 10 that metropolis officers performed a voluntary on-site inspection on July 2 and that town would “deal strictly with the matter to achieve an early resolution.”
According to town, the mosque consists of 4 buildings, together with buildings with domes, on a website of about 4,500 sq. meters in Shimoakasaka, Kawagoe. The space, situated about 4 kilometers southwest of Kamifukuoka Station on the Tobu Tojo Line, is surrounded by farmland and designated as a zone the place urbanization needs to be restricted.
The metropolis confirmed building work on the mosque in October 2024 and urged that the work be halted. However, after the buildings have been accomplished, town repeatedly issued administrative steerage, saying the development violated the City Planning Act.
Source: Kyodo