A handful of Muslim youth, some in long Arab garbs, also showed up on location and joined with non-Muslims to protest the building plans for the Ahmadiyys mosque.
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By Staff Report | February 14, 2016
London -- A new Ahmadiyya Muslim mosque in Scunthorpe is approved by North Lincolnshire Council's planning committee on February 10th.
The passage of the plans came amidst objections from few non-Muslim neighbors whose concerns were based around parking issues, a local newspaper Scunthorpe Telegraph has reported.
Startling, however, was a joint objection organized by the various groups of Sunni Muslims from the area mosques and madrasas who first filed with the planning committee complaining about the design of the Ahmadiyya mosque, claiming its high prominence "will create tension."
"We have also received a letter of objection on behalf of the five mosques in North Lincolnshire," said Phil Wallis, head of planning. "They said there is not enough car parking to cope with the events and the design is very prominent and will create tension.”
The Muslim protesters were loud and rowdy; and some Muslim men with long beards and missing mustaches were seen even waiving "NO TO MOSQUE!!!" banners.
Sunni Islam is an umbrella term for many factions of Muslims including, Wahabi, Deobandi, Brelvi, Ahl-e Hadith and others and they collectively find Ahmadiyyas heretic because of the latter's stand against the concept of a violent Jihad.
According to the Scunthorpe Telegraph, Muzaffar Ahmad, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association in Scunthorpe, told the planning committee that a few people had "objected on the grounds there are already mosques in the town."
"We are not allowed to pray in these mosques as they do not consider us Muslim," Ahmad told the meeting.
While a Muslim Councillor, Mashook Ali, said: “I would like the planning committee to go against the recommendation of the planning officer (to pass it),” a non-Muslim Councillor John Collinson said: “Following the site visit I did not have any major concerns. We seem to have more parking in this proposal and the mosque is already established.”
--- UK: Small group of Sunni Muslims launch rowdy protest against planned Ahmadiyya Mosque
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This is ridiculous. What kind of tension an Ahmadiyya mosque can create. They are always planning against Ahmadis and creating obstacles for Ahmadiyya community. But despite of being Muslims,they do not know that Allah is the best of planners. He will protect Ahmadis from their bad intentions as He has always protected.
ReplyDeleteAs an Australian of the Jewish faith I say that cities all over the world are proud to have Ahmadis in their midst.The Ahmadis are Muslims who live by a standard of peace love and tolerance that all Muslims should aspire to Barry Page Melbourne Australia
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