A £2 million mosque in Bradford is set to get the go- ahead despite a rival Islamic sect's fears that it could prompt violent clashes between worshippers.

Officers at the planning sub- committee will recommend approval of the plans to build one of the country's biggest mosques, in Horton Park Avenue, at their meeting on Thursday.

They say the fears of the rival group are not a planning matter and the Suffat Al Islam community has amended its original plan for the mosque to prevent the possible impact on the Acorn nursing home and nearby medical centre.

But officials from the Hussainian Islamic Mission in nearby All Saints Road, which has different religious beliefs, said today they feared for the future.

Mission treasurer Tufial Shah said: "We're not against them building a mosque and just want some sort of written guarantee that there won't be any trouble.''

Representatives of the Suffat Al Islam community say they do not anticipate any trouble between the groups, and have put their entrance to the side of the mosque so they do not pass each other.

Bu the Mission held a meeting on Sunday and agreed to send two representatives to the planning committee meeting.

Mr Shah added that the group wanted their objections on record "so that if there are clashes we can say to police that we had objected to it".

The officers will recommend approval subject to an agreement being reached with the applicants to provide traffic islands and restricted parking on nearby roads as well as better street lighting. More than 50 trees will be retained on the site and new ones planted.

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