{"id":6675,"date":"2016-10-13T02:52:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T01:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2016-11-01T02:57:11","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T01:57:11","slug":"romania-lawsuit-launched-stop-bucharest-mega-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2016\/10\/13\/romania-lawsuit-launched-stop-bucharest-mega-mosque\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania: Lawsuit Launched to Stop Bucharest Mega-Mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2016\/10\/13\/romania-lawsuit-launched-stop-bucharest-mega-mosque\/romania-mosque\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6676\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6676\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/romania-mosque.jpg\" alt=\"romania-mosque\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/romania-mosque.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/romania-mosque-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Opponents of a proposed Turkish mega-mosque in Romania\u2019s capital, Bucharest, have filed a lawsuit against the government in an effort to halt the project.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Romania: Lawsuit Launched to Stop Bucharest Mega-Mosque<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/9122\/romania-mega-mosque\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | October 13, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of a proposed Turkish mega-mosque in Romania\u2019s capital, Bucharest, have filed a lawsuit against the government in an effort to halt the project. The court is set to begin hearing the case on October 14.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/663920320440033\/\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit<\/a> seeks to reverse a June 2015 decision by the Romanian prime minister at the time, Victor Ponta, to approve construction of what could become the largest mosque in Eastern Europe \u2014 second only to the Blue Mosque in Istanbul \u2014 on a large tract of city-owned land in northern Bucharest.<\/p>\n<p>The property, valued at more than four million euros ($4.4 million), is being provided for free by the Romanian government, while the construction costs, estimated at three million euros ($3.3 million), are being paid for by Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Ponta said the mosque will reap economic benefits for Romania because Turkey is the country\u2019s leading non-EU trading partner. The mosque\u2019s critics, including an array of Romanian academics, historians, politicians, anti-immigration groups and even some Muslims, counter that not only will it increase Turkish influence over Romania, it will also encourage Muslim immigration to the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/9122\/romania-mega-mosque\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opponents of a proposed Turkish mega-mosque in Romania\u2019s capital, Bucharest, have filed a lawsuit against the government in an effort to halt the project.<\/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":[48,206],"tags":[208,181,131,207,200],"class_list":["post-6675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam-in-europe","category-romania","tag-eastern-europe","tag-islam-in-europe","tag-mosques","tag-romania","tag-turkey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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