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| Germany: The Muslims Are Coming! | |
| 2006-12-28 | |
A citizens' group in Berlin turned out this week for a candlelight vigil to protest plans for a new mosque in their neighborhood. It will be the first to be built in the former East Berlin, where almost no Muslims live -- but no one can quite explain why it shouldn't be there.
"The mosque is supposed to go up right here," says Günter Bronner, a blustery white-haired man with glasses pushed up on his forehead who's lived in the neighborhood for 42 years. He points to a drab piece of land at the end of the street where a defunct sauerkraut factory stands. "They want to have a minaret with a muezzin who gives the call to prayer five times a day. Can you imagine? Five times a day over our rooftops." Officials gave the go-ahead last Friday for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association to build a new mosque in Heinersdorf, an eastern neighborhood of Berlin where very few Muslims live. It will be the first mosque on the once-Communist eastern side of the city, and an organization of locals turned out Wednesday to protest. "It was pretty brazen to hand this (approval) to us as a Christmas present," quipped Joachim Swietlik, head of the citizens' group, who claims that 90 percent of Heinersdorf doesn't want the mosque. | |
| Posted by:.com |
| #8 WTF --no octoberfest????? or octoberfest cleavage... |
| Posted by: macofromoc 2006-12-28 23:42 |
| #7 GERMANY = WEST > needs to "trust but verify" which Muslims = moderate Muslims an be worked with. There are Pro-democracy Muslims in the world working to justify, reform and modernize their faith and societies from within Islam, by and for Islam - iff Absolutism-Totalitarianism , e.g. ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE TOTALITARIAN STATUS QUO, didn't work wid the Commies + Lefty Secularists, why would it work for "God/Faith-based Commies-Marxists-Bolsheviks-Leftists", etal.??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-12-28 23:11 |
| #6 They should be sent back to the hellholes they came from if they can't assimilate. Or shot dead. Both work well. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-12-28 19:36 |
| #5 Well put Zen. At least I know where we can take a crap in East Berlin. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2006-12-28 18:50 |
| #4 He believes marriage is "God's will" and wants to protect his community from the easy morality of modern Europe as much as the Interest Group wants to keep Heinersdorf free of Ahmadiyya. In other words, if these Muslims don't come to Europe in the first place, they won't have to protect themselves "from the easy morality of modern Europe". Doesn't this fall into the "let's not and say we did", category? While the Ahmadiyya Muslims are among the most peaceable, I've had quite enough of this colonization rubbish. From the imam's own statements, it is quite clear that he seeks to avoid any integration or assimilation. If that is the case, he should get the hell out and return to someplace where those issues are of no concern. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-12-28 17:05 |
| #3 Since there are, at present, almost no Muzzies there, you should do very well - initially, lol. Then... |
| Posted by: .com 2006-12-28 16:39 |
| #2 By a strange coincidence, I am opening a schnitzel, schnapps and trollops joint right across the street. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2006-12-28 16:35 |
| #1 Dear East Berliners, Welcome to the Ummah. Please be sure to pay your Jizya promptly. Remember to be good Dhimmis and don't do ANYTHING that could possibly offend us. Or else. Love, Your new neighbors |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-12-28 15:24 |