The Ministry of Defence apologised today after a Muslim group complained that structures used on an Army firing range resembled mosques.
Bradford Council for Mosques said the structures at Bellerby firing range at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire should be taken down immediately.
It was never our intention for these generic structures to look like or replicate mosques, only to provide a settingsimilar to operational environments in which our personnel could train.
MoD spokesman
The Army said it was vital soldiers trained in an environment which replicated where they were deployed.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said the structures were ''generic Eastern buildings'' and were not used as target practice.
Whole story and pics: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7992092.MoD_appologises_over_firing_range__mosques_/
Bradford Council for Mosques said the structures at Bellerby firing range at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire should be taken down immediately.
It was never our intention for these generic structures to look like or replicate mosques, only to provide a settingsimilar to operational environments in which our personnel could train.
MoD spokesman
The Army said it was vital soldiers trained in an environment which replicated where they were deployed.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said the structures were ''generic Eastern buildings'' and were not used as target practice.
Whole story and pics: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7992092.MoD_appologises_over_firing_range__mosques_/
