Thursday, October 11, 2012
UK - Planned 'SHARIA' Mosque four times the seize of St Paul's Cathedral.
UK - Planned 'SHARIA' Mosque four times the seize of St Paul's Cathedral.(DS).HT: TundraTabloids.By Dominik Lemanski.BRITAIN could have its first Sharia-controlled zone if plans for a mega-mosque more than four times the size of St Paul’s Cathedral get the go-ahead. The East London mosque, known as the Riverine Centre, will hold 9,312 worshippers, compared to 2,400 at St Paul’s.
The 16-acre site in West Ham will include 40ft minarets, an Islamic library, a dining hall, multi-use games areas, tennis courts, sports facilities and eight flats for visiting Muslim clerics.
Islamist group Tablighi Jamaat has submitted updated plans for what Cambridge-based architects NRAP are calling a “contemporary Islamic sacred space” the size of Battersea Power Station.
But last night campaigners against the proposal claimed the application was a smokescreen for wider intentions to create a hardline Islamic enclave in the capital.
They also insisted facilities for the wider non-Muslim community in East London would be minimal and disguise Tablighi’s real aim to establish a global base. The group has been dubbed an “antechamber of fundamentalism” by French intelligence officials.
Two of the July 7 bombers, Shehzad Tanweer and Mohammad Sidique Khan, and failed shoe bomber Richard Reid, left, are believed to have prayed at a Tablighi mosque in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. Alan Craig, campaign director of MegaMosque- NoThanks, said: “Newham Council wants a mixed use of the site with homes, shops and business units. “The mosque trustees say they want to build a mosque the size of Battersea Power Station. “Either way, it will be the UK’s first custombuilt Sharia-controlled zone.” His comments follow the shelving of plans for retail units and 300 flats after the Muslim community said they did not want their donations going to a commercial venture. The mosque will form the centrepiece and will include a prayer hall for 7,440 men and a separate prayer facility on an upper level for 1,872 women.Hmmmm......Obama says the Koran teaches that, "Be it man or woman, each of you is equal to the other."Read the full story here.More here.
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