[moodymonster]

Plans to build Britain's first mega-mosque in east London have been thrown into doubt amid opposition from local Muslims and news that the radical group behind the project has fallen foul of planning laws.

Tablighi Jamaat, an evangelical Islamic group which each year sends hundreds of young British Muslims to fundamentalist religious schools in Pakistan, wants to build the huge mosque in Newham to hold between 40,000 and 70,000 followers, depending on planning permission.

The proposal, which would create the largest religious building in Britain, has led to a unique coalition of local Muslims and fundamentalist Christians who accuse Tablighi Jamaat of being a radical organisation. They say that two of the 7/7 bombers, Mohammed Siddique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer, attended Tablighi Jamaat mosques. Counter-terrorism sources say it is more likely that radicalised young Muslims are attracted to Tablighi Jamaat than the other way round. So far, 2,500 Muslims living near the mosque site have signed a petition against the plan. Asif Shakoor, chairman of the Sunni Friends of Newham, said: 'It is radicalising the younger generation. We have to make a stand.'
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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_ne...939889,00.html

wow, imagine the gov't getting radical Muslims in charge of their new white elephant. Next they'll have members of extremist sects in ranking postions within the gov't, oh wait... that's already happened...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

good to see normal Muslims standing up against extremists.

[macintologist]

So long as they aren't breaking any laws, they should be free to build as big of a mosque as they want, so long as it's being privately funded.

[Kerrigan]

Ya, save the state funding for the CoE

(seriously)

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by macintologist 

So long as they aren't breaking any laws, they should be free to build as big of a mosque as they want, so long as it's being privately funded.

My local council recently sold a plot of prime development land (couple of acres) to the local muslims. The price: 1 GBP (not sure whether that's inclusive of VAT or not).

[moodymonster]

Having extremist behind the Olympic Mosque is probably not the greastest idea in the world and, to me anyway, represents a serious failing in security that it has even got this far. You'd take it as a given that the UK authorities wouldn't have an extremist group planning the largest Mosque in the UK and as part of the Olympics.

The other aspect of the story is that regular Muslims are standing up to oppose this.