{"id":5430,"date":"2013-09-27T23:48:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T22:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=5430"},"modified":"2014-05-20T00:00:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T23:00:25","slug":"iceland-get-first-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2013\/09\/27\/iceland-get-first-mosque\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland to Get its First Mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/iceland-reykjavik.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5431\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/iceland-reykjavik.jpg\" alt=\"iceland reykjavik\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/iceland-reykjavik.jpg 900w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/iceland-reykjavik-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Reykjav\u00edk City Council has approved a building permit for the construction of the first mosque in Iceland.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Iceland to Get its First Mosque<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a title=\"Iceland to Get its First Mosque\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/3994\/iceland-mosque\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | September 27, 2013<\/p>\n<p>The Reykjav\u00edk City Council has approved a building permit for the construction of the first mosque in Iceland.<\/p>\n<p>The mosque will be built in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dv.is\/frettir\/2013\/7\/14\/asatruarfelagid-saelist-ekki-lodina\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sogam\u00fdri<\/a>, an upscale district near downtown Reykjav\u00edk on a highly desirable plot of land that was granted to Muslims free of charge, courtesy of Icelandic taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the city council\u2014which is led by Reykjav\u00edk Mayor J\u00f3n Gnarr, who identifies himself as an anarchist\u2014say they hope the prime location will make the mosque a prominent landmark in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of the mosque, however, say the project is being financed by donors in the Middle East who are seeking to exert control over\u2014and radicalize\u2014the growing Muslim community in Iceland.<\/p>\n<p>Although reliable statistics do not exist, the Muslim population of Iceland is estimated to be approximately 1,200, or 0.4% of the total Icelandic population of 320,000. Most Muslims in Iceland live in the capital Reykjav\u00edk, where they make up about 1% of the total population of 120,000.<\/p>\n<p>The Muslim community in Iceland may be small in comparison to other European countries, but its rate of growth has been exponential: Since 1990, when there were fewer than a dozen Muslims in the country, their number has increased by nearly 10,000%. Much of this growth has been due to immigration, but in recent years native Icelanders have also been converting to Islam in increasing numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Currently there are two main Muslim groups in Iceland: the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islam.is\/podlinki\/english\/english.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Muslim Association of Iceland<\/a>, which has around 500 members, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icci.is\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Islamic Cultural Center of Iceland<\/a>, which has some 300 followers. The former group is run by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visir.is\/salmann-tamimi--moska-verdur-ad-vera-a-islenskum-forsendum\/article\/2010163892745\" target=\"_blank\">Salmann Tamimi<\/a>, a Palestinian immigrant who considers himself to be the voice of moderate Islam in Iceland; the latter group is run by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dv.is\/frettir\/2013\/7\/18\/samkynhneigd-hvetur-til-mannrana\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ahmad Seddeq<\/a>, a firebrand preacher from Pakistan whose activities are allegedly being financed by Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Although both groups pertain to Sunni Islam, they have been openly fighting with each other for many years over who should be the rightful representative of Islam in Iceland.<\/p>\n<p>In 2000, Tamimi\u2014whose group meets at a make-shift mosque on the third floor of an office building in downtown Reykjav\u00edk\u2014submitted an application to obtain a free plot of land from city authorities to build the first purpose-built mosque in Iceland.<\/p>\n<p>Not to be outdone, Seddeq\u2014whose group meets at a make-shift mosque in an old concert hall near the Reykjav\u00edk airport\u2014submitted his own application for free land to build a competing mosque.<\/p>\n<p>City officials responded by saying there should be only one mosque and that it should be shared by both groups. \u201cObviously we won\u2019t be allocating two lots for mosques at this point and we find it natural for them to cooperate on the construction of one mosque,\u201d P\u00e1ll Hjaltason, the chairman of Reykjav\u00edk City\u2019s Urban Planning Council, told the newspaper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visir.is\/felag-muslima-mun-eitt-fa-moskulodina\/article\/2010891026945\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Fr\u00e9ttabladid<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seddeq said he was open to the idea of sharing one plot of land, but Tamimi, who submitted his application first, would have none of it. Instead, Tamimi lashed out at Seddeq, accusing him of extremism, fanaticism and oppression in the name of Islam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur application is completely different from theirs,\u201d Salmann said in an interview with the newspaper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visir.is\/neita-ad-reisa-mosku-med-nyja-trufelaginu\/article\/2010682034725\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Fr\u00e9ttabladid<\/em><\/a>. \u201cThis is like asking the national church to be with the Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tamimi sought to undermine Seddeq\u2019s group by accusing it of being financed by Saudi Arabia. At one point, Tamimi called the police to report members of Seddeq\u2019s group, accusing them of misunderstanding the peaceful nature of Islam, and saying that he feared that Muslim extremists were attempting to gain a foothold in Iceland.<\/p>\n<p>Tamimi also sought to assure the Reykjav\u00edk City Council that\u2014unlike Seddeq\u2014his mosque project would not be financed by foreigners and thus would not be promoting extremism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we are going to have a mosque, it must be done according to local considerations,\u201d Tamimi <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visir.is\/salmann-tamimi--moska-verdur-ad-vera-a-islenskum-forsendum\/article\/2010163892745\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> in October 2010<strong>. \u201c<\/strong>As soon as you lose sight of the source of funding you lose control of what happens subsequently. The experience of other countries teaches that it is wise to reject large foreign investments in religion. Such investors are much more likely to import their own countries\u2019 traditions and not adapt to the traditions in their host country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the end, city officials sided with Tamimi, whose mosque project was formally approved on September 19. After more than a decade of bickering, construction of Reykjav\u00edk\u2019s first mosque is expected to begin in early 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of building the 800 square meter (8,600 square foot) mosque\u2014which will include a prayer hall, community center and library, as well as a nine-meter (30 foot) minaret\u2014is expected to exceed 400 million Icelandic Krona (\u20ac2.5 million; $3.3 million).<\/p>\n<p>But now that the Reykjav\u00edk mosque project has been given the go-ahead, Tamimi\u2019s group has changed its tune and now admits that foreign donors will be paying for the mosque\u2019s construction costs after all.<\/p>\n<p>During a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visir.is\/bygging-nyrrar-mosku-samthykkt---ekki-borgad-af-neinum-ofgasamtokunum-\/article\/2013130918966\" target=\"_blank\">newspaper interview<\/a> on September 19\u2014conducted just a few hours after the mosque project was approved\u2014Sverrir Agnarsson, a convert to Islam who is chairman of Tamimi\u2019s group, the Muslim Association of Iceland, was asked how the mosque would be financed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have received numerous promises,\u201d Agnarsson said. \u201cWe are mostly seeking funding from individual foreigners. We have a right to get support from the collective funds of Muslims [the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ummah\" target=\"_blank\">Ummah<\/a>, or Muslim nation]. We are doing all of this in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice to guarantee that all the money coming to us is received legally, and is not associated with any terrorist organizations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The idea that foreigners are financing the spread of Islam in Reykjav\u00edk does not sit well with many Icelanders.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most vocal opponents of the mosque project has been the former mayor of Reykjav\u00edk, \u00d3lafur F Magn\u00fasson. In an article he wrote for the newspaper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsoficeland.com\/home\/politics\/foreign-affairs\/item\/1897-former-mayor-muslims-are-spreading-around-the-world-and-we-need-to-stop-them\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Morgunbladid<\/em><\/a>, Magn\u00fasson laid out his position:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt is a matter of grave concern that it seems to be no problem for Muslims in Iceland to finance such a mosque here in Iceland with money from \u2018Muslim\/Islamic promotion organizations\u2019 abroad. They could receive financial help from organizations that want to increase Islamic influence in Iceland as well as in other countries. This can be dangerous for our national culture and safety.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Magn\u00fasson also said why he thought it was wrong for foreign organizations to be financing the construction of mosques in Iceland:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIslam is a religion with the goal to eliminate all other religions and to expand all over the world, the West, the Nordic countries\u2026and now even Iceland. The experience in the Nordic countries shows that Muslims are not adapting to society. This has become a huge problem, in Malm\u00f6 [Sweden] for example. The other day, a mosque was to be built on Trondheim [Norway], but the Norwegian authorities canceled the project because some Saudi Arabian organization was to finance the whole thing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Although he is not opposed to the mosque per se, Magn\u00fasson believes it is outrageous for the city to give Muslims a building site at no cost at a great location in the center of Reykjav\u00edk. He also asks why political movements and feminist groups in Iceland are so tolerant towards a religion that he says degrades women.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the answer may be found in the political make-up of the Reykjav\u00edk City Council, which is led by the upstart Best Party, a so-called <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joke_party\" target=\"_blank\">joke party<\/a> that was propelled into office in 2010 as a backlash against establishment parties in the wake of Iceland\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008\u20132012_Icelandic_financial_crisis\" target=\"_blank\">banking collapse<\/a> in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The Best Party\u2014a semi-serious far left party that is home to anarchists, atheists, surrealists, punks and poets\u2014is being led by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/26\/world\/europe\/26iceland.html?_r=0\">J\u00f3n Gnarr<\/a>, a stand-up comedian whose stated political aim is thoroughly to upset the established order in Reykjav\u00edk. Critics say the new mosque represents a big step toward achieving Gnarr\u2019s objective.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"SoerenKern.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soerenkern.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Soeren Kern<\/em><\/a><em> is a Senior Fellow at the New York-based <\/em><a title=\"Gatestone Institute\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gatestone Institute<\/em><\/a><em>. He is also Senior Fellow for European Politics at the Madrid-based Grupo de Estudios Estrat\u00e9gicos \/ Strategic Studies Group. Follow him on <\/em><a title=\"Soeren Kern Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Soeren.Kern\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em> and on <a title=\"Soeren Kern Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SoerenKern\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Link to Original Article: <a title=\"Iceland to Get its First Mosque\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/3994\/iceland-mosque\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/3994\/iceland-mosque<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Reykjav\u00edk City Council has approved a building permit for the construction of the first mosque in Iceland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[144,48],"tags":[181,131,138],"class_list":["post-5430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iceland","category-islam-in-europe","tag-islam-in-europe","tag-mosques","tag-scandinavia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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