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February 28, 2007
UK: Dudley Mosque Rejected By Council
Dudley is in the Black Country near Birmingham. The Local Dudley Muslim Association (DMA) has bought land in the borough, intending to erect a large mosque and community center. The land is on an area which the council has given over to the development of job-creation.
Late on Tuesday night the Metropolitan Borough Council decided to reject the DMA's proposal for the mosque. A small crowd outside the council building held placards while the decision was being taken, and they cheered when the news came out.
According to the Express & Star, one of the anti-mosque protesters was arrested following a scuffle. The mosque was to cost £6 million ($11.8 million), with the adjacent community center costing £12 million ($23.6 million). The mosque's minaret would have been 65ft in height - higher than any church in Dudley. Local TV news today showed locals in Dudley interviewed on the street. No-one questioned had any support for the mosque.
Khurshid Ahmed, chairman of the DMA, said he would appeal against the council decision. He said: "I'm fairly certain we will go to appeal because we have no other option. It's our land, we paid for it and we bought it. We have complied with all the conditions and satisfied professional assessors at great cost to get to this stage."
During the meeting, he said: "We have gone to some lengths to meet all these objections that the residents made and we have made amendments. We have been extremely tolerant and patient."
Planning experts had recommended breaking the guidelines to construct the mosque. Councillor Malcolm Davis, who opposed the construction, told the council meeting that the planning officers' decision was "most concerning". Council members from all parties insisted that the planning policy could not be broken.
Kurshid Ahmed told the BBC: "We bought the land from the council. We have it in writing from the council at that time that only a mosque and a community centre will be built as a condition of that particular land exchange. The only condition was that it would be a super-quality building because it was near the town centre."
Back in 2005, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council made headlines, when a Muslim council member, Mahbubur Rahman, decided that images of pigs in the council's benefit offices offended his religious sensitivities. Things that offended him included a box of tissues carrying an image of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet. This led to a ban of all images of pigs in the department. Following international ridicule, the ban was subsequently lifted.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at February 28, 2007 11:03 PM
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"We have gone to some lengths to meet all these objections that the residents made and we have made amendments. We have been extremely tolerant and patient."
Sounds like a vieled threat. Keep blocking us you infidels and you will pay for it. Will they have a jihad against the good peopleof the black country, home of my ancestors.
Just waiting for Islamophobia to enter the discussions.
Its zoned for comercial use. How about a pork pie factory and a beer bottling plant.
Dudley needs jobs not recreation centres for the unemployed mussies.
Posted by: Lithcol ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.westernresistance.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at March 1, 2007 8:43 AM
Lithcol - The height of the minaret is a deliberate attempt of making sure that their mosque towers over the town. Maybe the council ought to rush thru height restriction laws on any new religious building....:;) I am sure there are several clever ways to skin a cat! I actually see this behaviour from muslim communities all over the West. They are on a systematic march to re-invade our countries by stealth. It's time people started waking up to what is happening around them. From what I am hearing the Brits are calling for a complete end to muslim immigration and many are threatening to vote BNP if the other two mainsteam parties don't comply.
Posted by: bluebell at March 1, 2007 9:38 AM
It's time Britain started saving Britain for Britains. The jobs created by mosques would outweigh those of commercial or even agricultural developement? Governments are supposed to encourage the economy, NOT religions. There should be a seperation of "church and state" in the UK, which means the government should not be turning assets of any kind over to churches/religions of ANY kind. Period. Especially groups whose defintion of "tolerant" means that they havn't started killing people yet.
Posted by: Catawhumpus at March 1, 2007 10:44 AM
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