Muslim cleric calls for dialogue on Islamic centre

A leading Muslim cleric has called for dialogue amid concerns that a planning row over an Islamic centre in Cork could fuel anti-Muslim sentiment.

And the owner and developer of the new Cork Islamic Centre on Shandon St has asked the Fianna Fáil leader to intervene, after expressing fears that one of his party’s councillors is “provoking” the situation.

Sheikh Abdur Raheem McCarthy and Dr Farghal Radwan issued an open invitation last night to Cllr Ken O’Flynn, and to the general public, to visit their centre.