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An historic library is due to be turned into a mosque in a popular Welsh town after a Christian group dropped legal action.
Labour council chiefs agreed a 30-year-old lease to turn the landmark into Abergavenny's first mosque after it had sat unused for ten years.
But campaigners blasted the plans for allowing an 'incredibly important civic building' to be leased for a 'peppercorn rent' in the South Welsh town widely considered the food capital of Wales.
The town has become a huge tourist destination for foodies, which is well-known for its internationally-renowned Abergavenny Food Festival and thriving market.
Earlier this year, the grade II listed building was targeted with racist graffiti 'no masjid', which means mosque in Arabic.
The stone building is a former Carnegie Library - built in 1905 with a grant of £4000 from a fund set up by Scottish-American steel magnate Andrew Carnegie.
Three councillors and one resident threatened a legal challenge, which was backed by the Christian Legal Centre.
They were battling against the £6,000 a year lease for Monmouthshire Muslim Community Association in the peaceful market town.
Conservative councillors Louise Brown, Rachel Buckler, independent Simon Howarth and resident John Hardwick brought about the legal challenge after contacting Christian Concern.
However, council chiefs now say the legal action has been dropped.
Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, said in a statement that the case 'raises serious questions about transparency, fairness, and the proper use of public assets'.
Monmouthshire County Council has said it has since received confirmation that the judicial review won't be progressed.
The spokesman said: 'The council can now confirm that it has received confirmation that there will be no judicial review.
'The council has absolute confidence in its decision-making and governance arrangements. Any attempt to frustrate the democratically agreed position of the council will be met with an appropriate challenge. That said, there will be no comment on any new or additional legal matters until they are concluded.'
Monmouthshire's Labour-led cabinet agreed in May to lease the building, as it had deemed surplus to requirements the previous November, to the Muslim Community Association, which currently meet at the Abergavenny Catholic Church parish hall.
The Monmouthshire Muslim Community Association will be responsible for repairs and maintenance, which made the lease unattractive to businesses.
Cllr Buckler said the Christian Legal Centre was a 'very good organisation' and that it 'makes sense to collaborate with them' but said the challenge wasn't a religious issue.
She said: 'The whole point is no organisation should be treated with any more favour than any other.
'It is not about a Christian agenda it's about the fact a lease was awarded, as far as we can see, for a peppercorn rent for 30 years for an incredibly important civic building that was given to the people by the Carnegie Trust in 1905.'