{"id":5781,"date":"2014-06-19T22:35:31","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T21:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=5781"},"modified":"2014-06-19T22:35:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T21:35:31","slug":"london-mega-mosque-edges-closer-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2014\/06\/19\/london-mega-mosque-edges-closer-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"London Mega-Mosque Edges Closer to Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/uk-riverine-center-mosque.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5782\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/uk-riverine-center-mosque.png\" alt=\"uk riverine center mosque\" width=\"1000\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/uk-riverine-center-mosque.png 1000w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/uk-riverine-center-mosque-300x123.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Local citizens\u2014including many Muslims\u2014are concerned the mosque project is actually a smokescreen for an ambitious plan to establish a hardline Islamic enclave in East London.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>London Mega-Mosque Edges Closer to Reality<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a title=\"London Mega-Mosque Closer to Reality\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4368\/london-mega-mosque\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | June 19, 2014<\/p>\n<p>A radical Islamic group is one step closer to building one of the world\u2019s largest mosques in London after a star Muslim opponent of the controversial mega-mosque was intimidated into silence.<\/p>\n<p>Tablighi Jamaat\u2014a fundamentalist Islamic sect opposed to Western values such as democracy and human rights, but committed to \u201cperpetual Jihad\u201d to spread Islam around the world\u2014is fighting a no-holds-barred battle to build a massive mosque complex in West Ham, a neighborhood in the East London Borough of Newham.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed mosque would be built on a 16-acre site near the Olympic Stadium, and would have a capacity for more than 9,000 worshippers. It would be outfitted with towering minarets, an Islamic library, a dining hall, tennis courts, sports facilities, hundreds of parking spaces and apartments for visiting Muslim clerics, all of which would make the East London mosque the largest religious building in Britain and the largest mosque in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"London Mega-Mosque Closer to Reality\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4368\/london-mega-mosque\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local citizens\u2014including many Muslims\u2014are concerned the mosque project is actually a smokescreen for an ambitious plan to establish a hardline Islamic enclave in East London.<\/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":[43,48],"tags":[180,181,131],"class_list":["post-5781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britain","category-islam-in-europe","tag-britain","tag-islam-in-europe","tag-mosques"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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