21 Oct 06
A "super-mosque" planned for east London is raising concerns in both the Muslim community and among non-Muslims.
The project is being financed by a group of highly conservative religious backers in Saudi Arabia. Tim Whewell reports.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ifs_news/hi/nb_rm_fs.stm?news=1&nbram=1&a mp;nbwm=1&nol_storyid=6057324
Well, who supports this idea and who doesn't ?
21 Oct 06
Originally posted by ivanhoehttp://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=54332
A "super-mosque" planned for east London is raising concerns in both the Muslim community and among non-Muslims.
The project is being financed by a group of highly conservative religious backers in Saudi Arabia. Tim Whewell reports.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ifs_news/hi/nb_rm_fs.stm?news=1&nbram=1&a mp;nbwm=1&nol_storyid=6057324
Well, who supports this idea and who doesn't ?
Already a debate on this Ivanhoe
21 Oct 06
Originally posted by ivanhoeI think that the folly of allowing the most retrograde system of 'religious' belief to establish itself further in our midst cannot be over-emphasised. So, Ivanhoe, you need not apologise for duplicating this thread.
I see, somebody beat me to it .... oh well ... guess I'm getting old .....😳
21 Oct 06
Originally posted by ivanhoeWell, besides being opposed to all religions, their symbols and their buildings, I have to say that some of the greatest buildings in the world are actually for worhip (St. Peters, the Dome of the rock, etc.).
A "super-mosque" planned for east London is raising concerns in both the Muslim community and among non-Muslims.
The project is being financed by a group of highly conservative religious backers in Saudi Arabia. Tim Whewell reports.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ifs_news/hi/nb_rm_fs.stm?news=1&nbram=1&a mp;nbwm=1&nol_storyid=6057324
Well, who supports this idea and who doesn't ?
So, if they make it a really beautiful building, who the hell cares?
I mean, if people are gonna be radical, a building isn't going to make them any more or less radical.
21 Oct 06
Originally posted by shavixmirJust at the moment I think we should have more regard to public safety than the (unlikely) possibility of forgoing the building of an architechtural masterpiece. Unless, of course, it were to be put to better use than that currently proposed.
Well, besides being opposed to all religions, their symbols and their buildings, I have to say that some of the greatest buildings in the world are actually for worhip (St. Peters, the Dome of the rock, etc.).
So, if they make it a really beautiful building, who the hell cares?
I mean, if people are gonna be radical, a building isn't going to make them any more or less radical.
21 Oct 06
Originally posted by PhilodorWhat's wrong with a mosque Phil?
Just at the moment I think we should have more regard to public safety than the (unlikely) possibility of forgoing the building of an architechtural masterpiece. Unless, of course, it were to be put to better use than that currently proposed.
21 Oct 06
Originally posted by shavixmirI think if it is a really beautiful piece of architecture and if it were integrated into the existing surroundings in an aesthetically pleasing way, it might actually inspire people to contemplate the great things that Islam has contibuted to the world in terms of math and science and medicine. If the community into which it were built were encouraged to be part of the consultative process who knows where it could end.
Well, besides being opposed to all religions, their symbols and their buildings, I have to say that some of the greatest buildings in the world are actually for worhip (St. Peters, the Dome of the rock, etc.).
So, if they make it a really beautiful building, who the hell cares?
I mean, if people are gonna be radical, a building isn't going to make them any more or less radical.
The difference between war and antagonism, and peace and cooperation often can occur in an instant if across a divide of mistrust and acrimony, people reclaim common sense and put their faith in the instinct of family and the knowledge that as Sting once phrased it when the cold war was raging,..."I hope the Russians love their children too..'
21 Oct 06
Originally posted by PhilodorThose are the last percentage I have about religions of the world:
I think that the folly of allowing the most retrograde system of 'religious' belief to establish itself further in our midst cannot be over-emphasised. So, Ivanhoe, you need not apologise for duplicating this thread.
- Muslims : 20.12 %
- Roman Catholic : 17.33 %
- ...
So, it's not about allowing them in, but about realizing that they have the dominant religion in the world, and start to wonder why Roman Catholics are loosing people every day, why their churches remains desesperately empty in the same time.
It's about realizing also that if they really were the angry and crazy murders that you talk about, then none of us would still be alive.
21 Oct 06
Originally posted by Valmore1 rec
Those are the last percentage I have about religions of the world:
- Muslims : 20.12 %
- Roman Catholic : 17.33 %
- ...
So, it's not about allowing them in, but about realizing that they have the dominant religion in the world, and start to wonder why Roman Catholics are loosing people every day, why their churches remains desesperately empty in the ...[text shortened]... ly were the angry and crazy murders that you talk about, then none of us would still be alive.