East Berlin's First Mosque

"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." Hmmm. Maybe because no effort has been made by Muslims in Germany or anywhere else in the West to expel jihadists from their ranks, such that no one can ensure that terrorist acts will not be plotted in this mosque?

"East Berlin's First Mosque: The Muslims Are Coming!," by Michael Scott Moore and Jochen-Martin Gutsch in SpiegelOnline, :

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.

At the end of a rundown suburban street lined with bare trees and flaking apartment facades, a small group of people hold candles or colored Glo-sticks. A few hold signs -- "Democracy yes! Caliphate no!" -- and some carry German flags.

"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."

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First comes the Mosque, then comes Islam, then comes trouble.

""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."

Surely they have some anti-noise ordinance they could apply.

I wonder what the reaction would be if the Nazi party proposed a similar project.

""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."

Could be worse they could live in one of these houses:


About 150 people attended the Ribble Valley Council meeting to see the plans approved by eight votes to five.

It is the EIGHTH attempt by the town's Muslim community to build a mosque in the town, with previous plans being strongly opposed by some residents.

The chairman of the planning committee, councillor Richard Sherras, said there had been "substantial and oppressive" lobbying from both sides.

He said councillors had been caught in a "Catch 22" situation whereby if they approved the plans they would be accused of ignoring the wishes of the majority and if they refused they would be branded racist.

The secretary of the town's Medina Islamic Education Centre, Sheraz Arshad, promised to be "good neighbours" and said the whole community would benefit.

"I'm really pleased it's finally happened for us. There's been a lot of local opposition, there's been some racist undertones.

The secretary of the town's Medina Islamic Education Centre, Sheraz Arshad, promised to be "good neighbours" and said the whole community would benefit.

"I'm really pleased it's finally happened for us. There's been a lot of local opposition, there's been some racist undertones.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/6202429.stm

Some of us suspect it's the same "Medina" organisation that's building a mosque against the wishes of the local community in Windsor. And we've all read about that bunch in recent weeks, haven't we.

Got the same regard for the natives, anyway.

Do they need a Mosque to plan attacks? I thought a house would do.

Welcome to Pezville;

We’ve just adopted a new land development regulation, it’s in italics. We don’t think that CAIR will be too anxious to challenge this. If they do, it will make for some educational television. In the meantime, we hope to maintain our community’s character.

From the Pezville Land Development Handbook:
Submittal Requirements for Land Development:

Residential Housing: Tree Inventory; Arborist Report; Soils Report; Drainage Report; Environmental Impact Statement; Cultural Inventory; Traffic Report; Master Plan Compatibility Report; Recreational Resources Assessment; and Compliance Statement.

Religious Facility; Tree Inventory; Arborist Report; Soils Report; Drainage Report; Environmental Impact Statement; Cultural Inventory; Traffic Report; Master Plan Compatibility Report; Recreational Resources Assessment; Compliance Statement; and Parking Plan.

Islamic Facility; Tree Inventory; Arborist Report; Soils Report; Drainage Report; Environmental Impact Statement; Cultural Inventory; Traffic Report; Master Plan Compatibility Report; Recreational Resources Assessment; Compliance Statement; Parking Plan; and Sura 9:29 Impact Assessment*.

* Sura 9:29 Impact Assessment to be conducted by the Pezville City Council through a consultant of their choice, the cost of this Assessment shall be paid by the Applicant at the time of plan submittal. The applicant may, at his choice and expense, conduct his own study to be attached to the report as prepared by Pezville.

The Berlin mosque is Ahmaddiya. Has Nasseem anything to say?

You know, reading between the lines on her (?) comments, I'm starting to get a sneaking suspicion that she's on our side. Am I the only one who's had this passing thought?

Dammit, and that's where I was planning to retire. Any word on what's going on up in Reykjavik?

Alarmed Pig Farmer , I've heard the ice shelf is melting in Greenland

That's good news. More room to build a cabin but still plenty of glacier for snowmobiling. I gotta figure that they have some solid gun stores up there in Greenland.

At least the neighborhood will get some much needed renovation. Surely you can put up with islamist thugs harassing your daughters and the local church being vandalized on a regular basis in order to gain community revitalization, cant you? What is WRONG with you people?

I posted this on Jihad Watch earlier because I didn't know this was up here. I've been watching this unfold and the German (local) government in that area seems to be truly spineless and despicable. At the moment it seems they have shut down the websites that carry the movement against this eyesore and abomination called 'Moschee'....

Anybody speak German?

In Pankow/Berlin in a small town called 'Heinersdorf' (former East Germany) the government imposed the building of a mosque against 90% of the wishes of its residents.
Joachim Swietlik, a rather brave fellow, was leading the fight against the Ahmadiyyah movement which bought the site where the mosque is to be built.

There were mass-demonstrations planned for this weekend and it seems the authorities have already disabled all the relevant websites and links to this case, try to google 'Moschee in Pankow' or Heinersdorf and "Joachim Swietlik' and see if you get lucky.

The 'racism' canard works like a baseball-bat against criticism and reason, the multi-culti madness has infected everyone. The awakening will be horrific!

http://sheikyermami.com/2006/12/30/volkszorn-in-pankowberlin/

http://www.stoertebeker.net/blo/pivot/entry.php?id=1079

Maybe it's time for the Berlin Wall 2 - to segregate the contents of the mosque from the rest of the city. Have ex Stasi officials maintain the separation.

Attention everyone: East Berlin has now become infected with islam! Mayday, Mayday!

In the US, a developer is required to mitigate any negative impacts that their development may have on the community. The developer in this case should be required to pay for a third-party assessment of negative impacts on the community.

Mitigation could be proposed to:

1. Compensate neighborhood land-owners for a reduction in land values, if one can be shown in like cases. Every time a piece of land is sold, the sales price is public information. The percentage decrease, if applicable, in comparable cases can be quantified and assessed to the developer.
2. Compensate the local government for loss of tax revenue from a drop in neighborhood property values, if applicable.
3. Compensate the local government for expected increases in law enforcement and other social services. Police records are public record and its logical to assume that policing costs are proportional to the number of calls. The percentage increase, if applicable, in comparable cases can be quantified and assessed to the developer.

The 1st Amendment will be used to argue that this mitigation is Unconstitutional. The counter-argument is in the words of the Qu’ran. The reduction in land values and increase in policing costs can be directly attributed to things like slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and beseige them… and other nice neighbor directives.

It would be interesting to watch the developer argue that the Qu’ran’s calls to Jihad are protected since they are part of the religion. The City would have its justification for turning down the application if the developer refused to agree to the mitigation (which could be in the tens of millions). The developer could appeal in court, but might just lose.

Precedent.

Bat Ye'or is right---Europe is doomed.

Community Development Directors from across the United States disappear once a year and spend a week at a national boon-doggle where they do nothing other than compare notes on how to screw developers and drink beer. We should have a presence at the next boon-doggle.

If they are shown a way to grab additional power, and gain a new revenue stream, they would go for it even if it was based around a new way to take away Santa’s Christmas suit. A health, safety, and welfare aspect to the new revenue stream makes it all the easier to sell.

It will be called the ‘religious harmony’ booth.

East Berlin's First Mosque-


Trading one Evil for another.

this unfold and the German (local) government in that area seems to be truly spineless and despicable...


hmmmmm...interesting point ...


How can a cuture who builds great cars and machines and lead the world in science be so stupid. They go from militarism/imperialism to nazis then to communists and now to islam. We built them back up after we destroyed them and set them free ...


Gosh, I love my Mercedes and I wondered the same things!

I'm not sure about these German officials being being spineless; I smell corruption.

My thought is that they have been paid off in islamic gold dinars or something.

If they are "Germans" and the German people whom they purport to represent don't want an islamic (hence foreign) mosque/cultural center going up in a German neighborhood; and they approve it anyway -- who do they represent?

Foreign (and in this case, hostile) interests apparently!

This begs the quesstion: WHY?

It makes NO SENSE -- until you follow the money trail; the well trod path that leads to enlightenment of all things murky and unclear!

Short answer -- CORRUPTION!

The locals should now take the law into their own hands or suffer the consequences of slavery under islam; their leaders have sold them out for their own selfish, material interests.

The "racism" charge is dust in the eyes of the locals and serves only to shut them up while throwing them off the scent of personal greed!

"You know, reading between the lines on her (?) comments, I'm starting to get a sneaking suspicion that she's on our side. Am I the only one who's had this passing thought?

Posted by: Sir Henry Morgan at December 29, 2006 08:14 PM

Hi Sir Henry
regarding Naseem, I've been convinced it's Hugh just winding up the rednecks who post here. As soon as "she" posts you just have to sit back and watch the s*it hit the fan. Quite amusing really. Never let it be said that anti-jihadists don't have a sense of humour.

No disrespect to rednecks though. We love you guys.

Maybe it's time for the Berlin Wall 2...

Maybe it's time for an Iron Curtain 2: An "Iron Veil" separating the West and (hopefully) the Rest of the World from the Subworld of Islam -- an Iron Veil drawn by us, an imposition by us on them, of a global geopolitical apartheid.

The Germans better watch out... next muslims will start closing down the beergartens , ocktoberfestivals and pork sausage stands.

The thing is that East Germany still has quite a lot of far-right skinhead thugs. They hate immigrants we know but some people are now saying they are joining forces with violent jihadis. Mainly because they hate Jews, America and the EU even more. Common ideals can make strange bedfellows

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45618

americaningermany

I believe that Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam are Mohammedan free zones.

Yes, yes, build mosques anywhere there are no Moslems!

If you build 'em, they will come!


(There once was a thing called a roach motel--they check in, but they don't check out. Does this have anything to do with the topic at hand? Vaguely? Maybe? If you think on it, it might come to you, maybe not.)

Infidel Pride:

I believe that Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam are Mohammedan free zones.

From Wikipedia:
Mongolia / 6% / 167,650
Nepal / 4.2% / 1,162,414
Bhutan / 1% / 22,322
Laos / 1% / 62,171
Cambodia / 3.5% / 476,247
Vietnam / 0.85% 710,052

When the Mongols ruled the Islamic world, the ruling class in the western parts of the empire converted to Islam.

The Cham people, who are spread over several Southeast Asian countries, are primarily Muslims. As with the Muslims in Thailand, there's been a concerted effort by outside missionaries to convince them that they need to return to the "true Islam". See, e.g., here.

"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."

It is not limited to 5 times a day. That is routine. There is also the "holy" month of ramadan, and the prophet's birthday (jashne-eid-miladunnabee), muharram, and the two eids. During these "special" days, the volume of the "call to prayer" is considerably higher, infact it will breach all noise pollution limits. Once the minaret is there, the local populace will see some long bearded, loose clothed, skull capped, veiled "devotees" at all hours, including some that are regarded as unearthly. During the special days, "scholars" from mecca and other "holy" places will be dropping by to "deliver sermons" to these bearded people. These "sermons" are delivered with the volume at the max, both of the high decibel sound system, and the vocal chords of the "imam from mecca". The local population will also see closed vans being driven into the mosque (if it has a courtyard), or children dragging goats, sheep, cows, or any other animal that is not porcine, into the mosque (if it does not have a courtyard).

The predictions written above will be fulfilled in the first year of the mosque itself. More interesting things in years to follow.







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