They really are going to have to change the spelling of Moscow soon. Mind you it will be way harder but sooner to change the spelling of Toronto.
Adding links as I find them
H/T M
Category Archives: Mosque construction
Romanians protest Turkish sponsored mega-mosque
This is a recent protest on an old issue that was reported as resolved in the past.
This week’s protest:
And a report on this issue from this site in 2015:
Sterling Heights USA. City council meeting to approve an application to built a giant mosque is met with a lot of opposition.
Here is an extraordinary moment from a planning council meeting to approve a mosque in the US. Within the first minute, the muslim seeking the application claims that islam is essentially a sect of Christianity. The audience demonstrates a greater knowledge of Islam than they might have 10 years ago. There is also an implied threat in the presentation for the mosque.
An opponent of the application speaks:
More testimony against the mosque application
Will post more as it comes in and those who have more on it please post to comments. It is fascinating how quickly a population has learned enough to oppose a mosque for the right reasons. This is an enormous shift in the culture. Hopefully all these good people will watch the Gavin Boby lectures about the effects on an area a mosque has and be more effective at opposing them at council meetings in future.
Thank you M for this.
Weapons caches found in forty Tunisian mosques
An original translation by Our French correspondent, Nathalie
From this French News Site
Weapons caches found in forty Tunisian mosques
Fadhel Achour, the general secretary to the trade union for the managers and staff of mosques, announced on Wednesday July 1 2015 that police forces making searches in all parts of the country have uncovered caches of weapons in forty mosques.
Interviewed on the “Midi Show” programme broadcast on “Mosaïque Radio”, he declared that 190 mosques had been erected since the revolution, 90 of which had contacted the authorities in order to legalize their status. The 100 remaining mosques, 80 of which spread incendiary Takfirist speeches, have refused to acknowledge the authority of the Tunisian government.
Fadhel Achour further declared that things might have been much worse but for the Ministry of the Interior whose intervention helped to rescue some mosques from radicalization.
He added that the government of Mehdi Jomaâ had promised to end the problem in 90 days, a promise that remains unfulfilled to this day.
He proceeded to add that during Noureddine Khadmi’s time in power, several preachers and imams had been posted to some mosques, and that amongst those, some belonged to the Salafist school, and some did not even acknowledge the Maliki school.
H/T M.
The UK and the mosque that wasn’t there
Yesterday, this story found its way across much of the MSM and was posted here as well.
Solihull West Midlands Pig heads dumped outside mosque
The first thing that needs to be understood is that this is a classic tactic by muslims. They do not care about important laws like rape and freedom of speech. So matters of urban planning are merely obstacles to be defeated with an easy lie. The lie of course, is the purpose you claim for a structure you put up. So when they don’t let you have a mosque, and as far as I know, all islamic buildings called ‘community centers’ educational centers, schools and what not are always going to be mosques, you call it one of the other things then build it and then use it as a mosque. A quick look at the etymology of the word mosque from Masjid makes it pretty clear from the gates it isn’t a church or temple.
This certainly appears to be what happened here except the locals decided that since the government would not enforce the law against muslims, they would show their displeasure in other ways. The inevitable consequence of a government failing to do its elected duty to the public.
Here below, is a little history on this masjid:
What seems to have happened is that they applied for (and in 2014 got – PL/2013/01615/CU – Ambulance Station Ambulance Station Hermitage Road Solihull B91 2LL) planning permission for:
Change of use from ambulance station to conference centre and training facility, offices and ambulance station with alterations to the site layout, formation of new entrance and closure of two vehicle access points to the building
The drawings were clever: (and have subsequently been removed from public view)
Here they are however. But remember, they were submitted not for a mosque but for a ‘training center’ and hod no giant men’s prayer space on the ground floor.
There’s an online petition to stop it being used as a mosque:
(Which should not even be necessary as it was not built to be a mosque in the first place)
Solihull’s residents have not been consulted or informed of plans to turn the old ambulance station on Hermitage Road in to a ‘masjid’, otherwise known as a mosque.
The Council apparently say they’re “looking into it”.
Solihull Council investigate claims of ‘unauthorised’ mosque in community centre
Severed pigs heads found at Solihull community centre suspected of being used as ‘unauthorised’ mosque
Solihull Community Hub ‘mosque’ row – move to win permission for more Friday prayers
Solihull community centre will not become a Mosque – councillor
The Islamic organization has taken down their website. (One of course must wonder if there list of guest speakers may have presented a problem for them, or photos of them engaging in mosque like activities, or at least why they took down their site?)
What people need to do is to write to the Council about this: pl******@**********ov.uk or via the online petition above. This will get the council to investigate and, should get them to require this place to submit a planning application for use for worship, which was never included in the “conference centre and training facility” planning application of 2013. Local people can then go into action to get this planning application refused.
Thank you all who helped find this information for this post.
Eeyore
Mosque in the Church, the Patriarchate reacts: “Never have I authorised anything of the sort”
An original translation by Par0 with much thanks!
From this Italian website:
he Venetian Church rebels against the prayer of Muslims in the Church of Santa Maria della Misericordia
The “temporary mosque” set up by the Icelandic pavilion (= how the different nations’ areas of exhibition are referred to) of the Biennale of Venice is illegal.
This is the declaration of the main ecclesiastic authority of the lagoon city and the whole region, the Patriarchate of Venice. In a strong statement on his own website, he reminds us that, although the church has been closed to the faithful and has been private property since 1973, “authorisation by the ecclesiastical authority, regardless of the private owner, is obligatory for any other use different to that of the Catholic faith”
In this particular case authorisation has never been requested nor granted, either by the owners, the Icelandic Pavilion, or the Muslims that organised their prayer there.
The patriarchate also clarified that in February the Venetian Church had already rejected the authorisation for similar projects proposed in other churches. The statement continues “The singularity of the proposed project – which has now occurred in the church Santa Maria della Misericordia – necessitated greater attention and required the involvement of the interested religious communities and not only the evaluation of the artistic project and the authorisation for the use of a space, regardless of who owns it, the choice to use a church closed to the faithful – and no longer of ecclesiastic ownership – does not resolve this aspect but ignores it.”
It hurts that a city like Venice, always a crossroads between different cultures and traditions and of different religions, has encountered this lack of respect for the identity of the host, which courtesy requires that you knock before opening a door. It makes it very difficult to promote interreligious dialogue on this basis.
Now it is Terrebonne’s turn to ban a mosque
An original Translation by Carolus
From Journal de Montreal
[translator’s note: Terrebonne is a suburb of 100,000 inhabitants, north of Montreal]
A place in the city’s industrial estate is however used for activities and prayers by the Muslim community since 2010
TERREBONNE | After a zoning change to ban a mosque in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve [a Montreal neighborhood], and then the refusal of the city of Shawinigan [a small city of 50,000 inhabitants between Montreal and Quebec] to allow a mosque to be established in the industrial estate, a third mosque is the object of a judicial dispute, threatening to disallow its establishment in the industrial estate.
Terrebonne directed its lawyers to obtain an injunction forcing the eviction of the mosque located in the city’s industrial estate, on Pascal-Gagnon Street, last Friday.
Muslims who patronize the mosque do not find the controversy amusing. “No neighbours complained about us, and we have added fire extinguishers and smoke detectors as per the fire by-laws, ” pleads Karim Sibous, a spokesperson for Estime Rive-Nord and the manager of the mosque.
The hesitations and bungling on the part of the city of Terrebonne seem to prove him right.
The case started December 2010. The mosque had opened without official notice to the city, in 2000 sq. ft. premises located on two floors, in the city’s industrial estate.
Two more years
– It was only two years later, in October 2012, that the city recognized its mistake of having permitted the establishment of a mosque in its industrial estate. The chief inspector, who originally gave the okay, later ordered the mosque to leave its premises within 90 days, but the mosque never left.
– On June 17, 2013, the city’s executive committee refused to change the zoning for the premises to allow the establishment of a house of worship.
– Last January 26, the city issued a legal notice of non-conformity, with an order to evacuate the premises “with the briefest possible delay”.
That refusal to change the zoning and the two legal notices of non-conformity have been up to now ignored by the mosque’s management, and they have not received any further sanction from the city’s authorities.
– It was only last Thursday that the city tasked the Deveau law office to bring to a halt that illegal utilization of an industrial area for worship purposes.
The mosque still has hope
Today, the mosque is patronized mostly on Friday evenings and during weekends. About thirty worshippers were on the premises for the final prayer and some cultural activities last Friday.
Saturday the Muslim association management refused, after consulting its members, to send us, as was agreed, the original written documents allowing the mosque to occupy its present premises for the past five years, in spite of the zoning regulations.
In an e-mail that he sent last Saturday, Karim Sibous writes: “We have the firm conviction that we will be able to negotiate in full confidence with the city’s authorities and find a solution to our problem.”
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Tahiti: One of the few places left willing to stand up for their own culture, customs, laws and peoples.
Here is an article and video translated by Oz-Rita (Thank you very much for your hard work OR) on the most recent issues and protests in the Polynesian Island’s attempt to resist Islam, sharia, halal foods etc. from dominating their island paradise.
From Facebook:
Dear Friends,
We all share the same concern regarding the presence of the self-proclaimed Imam Hicham El Berkani on our territory. His personality, his lack of transparency (his origins, funding), his defiance of our laws, his insistence on returning here while he is banned in the USA, lead us to have serious doubts about him.
In the interest of keeping our social peace, the collective “To Tatou Hiro’a, Ta Tatou ‘Arora’a” has organized a peaceful march to show the authorities that our fears are justified and that we want to have answers to our questions:
Why is this imam allowed to circulate freely on our territory, while he is considered potentially dangerous by the American Secret Services?
Why is he allowed to officiate freely, while he is manifestly an outlaw (illegal)?
We ask for the definitive expulsion of this suspicious “Imam”.
Lets march together to preserve our identity, our culture, our future and that of our children.
NO TO THE IMAM, NO TO ISLAMISM, NO TO EXTREMISM.
The march took place Saturday 12 July 2014 at 1 pm.
Pigs head thrown at mosque in Polynesia
Recently there have been some events in the Polynesian islands around the issue of Islam. The Islanders, normally a happy and sedate bunch, have been unusually political about the issue of Islam. Its almost like they actually understand what Muslims think, what muslims do, and what effect it will have on their own way of life. Below is a video we did some months ago about a protest of a mosque on their beautiful island:
Oz-Rita has been hard at work translating articles and videos on the most recent event there. Two islanders threw a pig’s head into the mosque along with some blood, presumably from the same animal. I don’t know if a DNA test was done, but if things keep going the way they are, an entire season of CSI will be dedicated to tracking down people who Wilbur mosques.
First, here is a bit of fact about the license of the premises, which doesn’t seem to have much to do with what they are actually doing in them.
Now below, is a news clip about some locals throwing a little of the old Wilbur into the above mentioned mosque. WARNING: At the end of this clip I added a little content of my own that is fairly harsh. So if you want to stop when you see my message for the people of Polynesia, I understand.
Thank you Bear and Oz-Rita for all the hard work and dedication. May the good sense of the Polynesian people prevail. There is more on this. I will post them ASAP.
Marine Le Pen holds news conference on how to deal with French mosques and jihad recruitment
Gavin Boby in Australia.
Gavin Boby on Jamie Glazov. Please watch.
Lots to say about this and I will later. for now, here it is and please spread AMAP.
Municipal elections in Beauvais: The Socialist Party candidate promises a free plot of land for a Grande Mosque.
The article below is an original translation by Oz-Rita from an Islamic Website in France.
(Some of the comments are also interesting and have been translated for us.)
the candidate for the Socialist Party, Thibaud Viguier (photo) will offer free land to the muslim community if he is voted in as mayor of Beauvais.
The candidate to the town-hall is confident. He has just announced that he has already several priorities which he will implement during the first 500 days of his mandate if he is successful. Among his priorities is the offer of a free terrain to the muslim community so that they can construct a Grande Mosque
“a terrain in a good position and of an appropriate size for them, gratis” he announced.
The Socialist Mayor, Thibaud Viguier, knows that the muslim electorate is extremely disappointed with the two years that the socialists were in power. “Islamophobic” projects, repeated attacks by Manuel Valls (Interior Minister)* and also the introductions of “Gender Theory” into schools have cooled the mostly maghrebian (North African) community, who traditionally vote left.
On a local level, he games and alliances are different. The muslim community must get organised to be heard. The possibility to be offered a terrain for a grande mosque is a mouth-watering offer. But lets see what the UMP (conservatives) candidate offers?
Politics count and the candidates know from now on that the muslims will not offer their votes without return. Up to us to act as strategists.
(One reader responds saying that they already have such a terrain thanks to the Conservative Candidate – and that reader is answered by another reader:)
“In my town it’s the same – there is a candidate who promises the construction of a mosque, and there are even “brothers” on the electoral list, we wait an see if he holds his promise inha’allah.
And more than that, we already have a mosque, except we find it’s a little too “salaf” and we dont like it so much.
A second look at the Bulgarian mosque protest.
Thanks to RR and GoV’s hard work, we have another perspective on the protest that took place on Feb. 14 2014.
First, what it was about.
There is a mosque in Karlovo that had been under state control for a century had been handed back to Muslim control. The march took place in another city called Plovdiv, where the protesters took out their frustration on a mosque there.
The mosque that upset them has a close proximity to a Bulgarian hero named Vasil Levski who was a Bulgarian patriot who fought for the freedom of Bulgaria from the Ottoman yoke. He and another well known Bulgarian hero of resistance to Islamic dominance, Hristo Botev, were tortured to death by the Turks.
One has to wonder why the muslims wanted control of this mosque back. I can’t help but notice that recently, muslims have been claiming or building major mosques specifically at sites that are significant to Europe’s repulsion of Islamic invasion in the past, or are near centers of power now.
A few examples are:
The Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa Mosque
These mosques were built in Jerusalem specifically within the ancient walls of the most sacred site to Jewish people on earth. There is no way that Jews could rebuild their ancient temple known to most of us as, ‘The Wailing Wall”, referring to the one remaining part of the first Jewish house of worship, without knocking down these two islamic beachheads.
For many years, muslims used the Western wall as a urinal.
Tours will have its Grand Mosque when the 5 million euros necessary for its financing have been found – in 3 years, at the earliest. A quarter of the sum has already been collected. The land was purchased by the Paris Mosque, subsidized by Algeria. On November 29, 2008, amidst great ceremony, the first stone was laid. In 732, a Muslim army was defeated outside the city of Tours by Charles Martel and the Franks. The Battle of Tours was one of the most decisive battles in history since it stopped the Islamization of Europe (at least for 13 centuries). Adolf Hitler bitterly regretted that the Muslims had not won in Tours.
(Lots has been written about this one)
And there are many many more Im sure, not the least of which is the gargantumosque to be built to coincide with the Olympics in the UK. I am unaware of any other religion that feels a need to establish its grandiosity in that fashion.
So this may help to explain a touch of the reasons why the Bulgarians are so upset. Add to that, this excellent article at Gates of Vienna and it gets pretty clear.
Diana West also has this article on the Cordoba mosque which many would have you believe was a muslim accomplishment.