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Japanese → English transcript
We have to build the grave right away. I don't think we can give up on it.
This issue concerns a Muslim burial ground that the Beppu Muslim Church plans to develop on the Choyuchi site in Hijimachi Minamihata.
The town had been moving forward with procedures to sell the land, saying the development of the in-ground burial site complies with the ordinance.
However, in this August's town election, Tetsuya Abe — a former town council member who campaigned to halt the plan — won his first election. Abe's town administration has currently suspended the procedures.
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Original transcript (Japanese)
すぐお墓は作らないといけない。お墓は諦められないと思います。 この問題は、ベップ・ムスリム教会がヒジマチ・ミナミハタの徴遊地に整備を計画しているイスラム教徒向けの土葬墓地をめぐるものです。 町は土葬墓地の整備が条例に適合するとして、土地の売却に向けた手続きを進めていました。 しかし、今年8月の町庁選で計画の中止を訴えていた前庁議会議員の安倍徹也氏が初当選。安倍町庁は現在手続きを停止しています。
