Vote against a SuperMosque at the Olympics site

Jonny ///M · 30 Mar 2007 at 14:53

I will personally turn muslim and then go blow it up should it be built.

Imagine if it was Northern Ireland?? There would be riots.

I assume working muslims pay tax aswell....but to spend £100m on a mosque is daft....isnt it the upkeep of the church i pay for when you put money in the things at mass? :confused:

.:MBK:. · 30 Mar 2007 at 14:55

Jonny ///M said:
I assume working muslims pay tax aswell....but to spend £100m on a mosque is daft....isnt it the upkeep of the church i pay for when you put money in the things at mass?

thought that was so the clergy could go get drunk for free

wouldnt know but id assume it would contribute

SunaseIPs · 30 Mar 2007 at 14:57

Raymond Lin said:
That vote is seriously flawed, you can just click back and vote again and again.

It doesn't count, check the totals.

Raikiri · 30 Mar 2007 at 14:57

I don't think any taxpayer's money should be spent on a religious building, hospitals, transport etc. is where it should be going.

.:MBK:. · 30 Mar 2007 at 14:59

indeed, should be spent on items that dont discriminate against sections of the tax paying community. although i can now picture someone daft protesting against a new hospital rofl

Jonny ///M · 30 Mar 2007 at 15:01

.:MBK:. said:
thought that was so the clergy could go get drunk for free

wouldnt know but id assume it would contribute

Even if its so they can get drunk then i see no problem. It's still going to a good cause.

JohnnyG · 30 Mar 2007 at 15:09

This could be an alternative headline:

70,000 Muslim votes in next mayoral election costs Ken Livingstone £100m

Especially as he thinks it's his money.

Noxis · 30 Mar 2007 at 15:33

Cant they just use the Millennium Dome?

arc_of_time_ · 30 Mar 2007 at 15:37

Thats shockin! I wonder what would happen if they built a massive church in mainly muslim country. It would probably be torn down are bombed.

dirtydog · 30 Mar 2007 at 15:38

Noxis said:
Cant they just use the Millennium Dome?

Indeed - isn't one ugly and expensive waste of taxpayer's money in that part of London enough?

platypus · 30 Mar 2007 at 15:43

What an absolutely preposterous idea.

When Abu Izzadeen, the firebrand Islamist militant, berated John Reid last week for "daring" to visit a Muslim area, the Home Secretary bridled, as did many others, at his suggestion that part of London was off limits for a British minister of the Crown.

Shouldn't this guy be told off for promoting racial hatred or something?

cheets64 · 30 Mar 2007 at 15:47

Grr I hate them, they are ******* ugly and stick out like a sore thumb, what about a British design, they suit them back in the middle east but not in the UK.

JaffaJedi · 30 Mar 2007 at 16:10

typical Britain, roll over and say woof

Ever seen a church in the middle east err no

dirtydog · 30 Mar 2007 at 16:19

Stovies said:
typical Britain, roll over and say woof

Ever seen a church in the middle east err no

Actually there were Christian churches in Iraq under Saddam Hussein...

http://images.google.co.uk/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&q=church+baghdad&btnG=Search+Images

afraser2k · 30 Mar 2007 at 16:23

Can't they just take over one of the local churches instead? Would save money and make use of the building as a place of worship again.

JaffaJedi · 30 Mar 2007 at 16:27

dirtydog said:
Actually there were Christian churches in Iraq under Saddam Hussein...

http://images.google.co.uk/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&q=church+baghdad&btnG=Search+Images

ok Saudi then

Majago · 30 Mar 2007 at 16:31

Whilst I am totally against the idea of a "super-mosque", the articles give the impression that it won't be the tax payer funding it (not the whole amount anyway):

Now consider the east London mosque. Its backers are the Tablighi Jamaat, a missionary organisation that says it is non-political and peaceful. Yet a senior FBI anti-terrorism official has called it a recruiting ground for al-Qa'eda, and the French secret services described it as "an antechamber for fundamentalism". Its current European headquarters are in Dewsbury, home town of Mohammed Siddique Khan, leader of the July 7 suicide bombers, who attended the local mosque. Much of the funding for the Markaz, which will cost about £100 million, is expected to come from Saudi Arabia.

Source: Telegraph

This will inevitably lead to more debate about promoting racial hatred etc, but hopefully it won't get the go-ahead anyway

Yas786 · 30 Mar 2007 at 16:35

I voted in favour of building the mosque, tbh its about time we muslims had a decent place to pray..dont like being over-crowded at my local one...kind of a bummer when your squashed right in

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I have no issues about my taxes being used to build one, just like i have no issues about my taxes being paid for an illegal war

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dirtydog · 30 Mar 2007 at 16:36

Spawn said:
I voted in favour of building the mosque, tbh its about time we muslims had a decent place to pray

You have - it's called Iran - see ya

Raikiri · 30 Mar 2007 at 16:36

Spawn said:
I voted in favour of building the mosque, tbh its about time we muslims had a decent place to pray..dont like being over-crowded at my local one...kind of a bummer when your squashed right in.

I have no issues about my taxes being used to build one, just like i have no issues about my taxes being paid for an illegal war.

Well you wouldn't have any issues, you're going to be using it. £99 million of it will be paid by people not using the thing.

P.S Why not build a giant Millennium Falcom for the Jedi believers?