“The Vermont Islamic Society is closer to getting its new mosque in South Burlington. It plans to buy the former Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building on Swift Street.”
In June, the president of the society, Nedzad Halilovic, stated that “the purchase is an important step for the future of the Muslim population in Vermont…..many Muslims are coming to Vermont from other places both inside and outside the U.S.”
Purchasing Churches and turning them into mosques is a significantly increasing pattern in the West, especially across Europe.
France has been turning empty churches into mosques in large numbers; the practice was encouraged by France’s top Muslim official, Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Grand Mosque in Paris and the president of the French Council of Muslim Faith. Boubakeur suggested “turning empty or abandoned Catholic churches into mosques, saying as many as 5,000 are needed for the country’s Muslim population – the largest in Europe.”
In an exposé about churches being turned into mosques in Europe, a phenomenon that is now being seen more in the U.S., Italian journalist Giulio Meotti writes:
It’s the “de-Christianization” of Europe, which is naturally followed by its gradual Islamization and increasing anti-Semitism…..Demography is the most important symptom of exhaustion: without a cradle, you can’t sustain a civilization….To understand this historic process one has to see the number of churches converted into mosques.
“Vermont Islamic Society ready to move forward on new mosque,” by Galen Ettlin, WCAX, September 30, 2019:
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) The Vermont Islamic Society is closer to getting its new mosque in South Burlington.
It plans to buy the former Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building on Swift Street.
The group has raised money for months on a GoFundMe page. And now, it says it has enough money to move forward.
mortimer says
The Leftards have weaponized immigration to freedom-based destroy the culture of Western countries and replace them with totalitarianism and authoritarianism. The Red-Green Axis of Evil also makes an alliance with big businesses who play ball with them. A lot of money is changing hands in secret bribes between them.
FYI says
Along with the RED-GREEN AXIS of Evil we have the Globalists and morally bankrupt UN pushing their agendas on us.
And it is no surprise that they are happy to accomodate the religion of antiChrist:islam.
Why islam is antiChrist..
islam is a murderous pagan totalitarian Arab cult with its false god al lah{“The BEST of deceivers” k3;54},its false “prophet” muhammed{God’s wrath be upon him* :who admitted to being a farud al tabari 6;111 and who even FAILED the Poison Test proving him to be FALSE}and plagiarized error-filled “perfect” scripture the koran.,an instruction manual to violate God’s Commandments and do EVIL.
islam is antiChrist…because it has..
The Doctrine of HATE{al walaa wal baraa} directed against ALL non-muslims
The immoral teachings of the demonic ‘holy’ koran violate ALL of God’s official Commandements[see Exodus 20 and compare the koran:the koran is OK with murder k2:191,adultery with enslaved women k4:24/k33:50,stealing k48:20,Lying to promote islam k3:28..Child brides k65;4,polygamy k4;3 etc.islam:”Commandments of God?What commandments?”
The Second Chief Commandment of God is MISSING in islam{in fact it cannot exist as the koran teaches that muslims are superior to everybody else k3;110 and should not be friends with Jews and christians k5:51}in fact islam and the koran,almost ingeniously manages to violate BOTH of God’s TWO Chief Commandments by preaching DISOBEDIENCE to God’s laws and hatred towards others.There is no “love thy neighbor” in islam.In fact the Golden Rule is impossible as muslims are superior to everybody else.
The wickedness of sharia “law”,halal cruelty to animals,endless Jihadism and lying{taqqiya,tawriya,muruna,taysin daurura etc}
Denied EVERYTHING about the Gospel and Jesus Christ…despite alalh in the koran pretending to be the
author of the Gospel k5:46 which is a categorical LIE.
*Given muhammed,a mass-murderer of Jews{abu dawud 4390} was killed by a Jewish woman who cleverly administered the Poison Test,which the great prophet FAILED.it appears YHWH/God already visited His wrath on him…
{see: Bukhari 2617,Sahih muslim 5430,ibn sa’ad pg 252,Sahih Bukhari 4428 etc}
Poetic justice: a mass murderer of Jews taken out by a Jewish woman who had been enslaved by the muslims.How YHWH must have laughed..
muhammed:oh allah!Let me in to your paradise..
YHWH/God..”allah”?Who is “allah”?Isn’t he the pagan Arab god of the muslims…
No Muzzies Here says
Vermont was once like New Hampshire and Maine: Like Life Should Be. Guess it ain’t no mo!
Ewanda says
“MODERN DAY TROJAN HORSE – The Islamic Doctrine of Immigration – Accepting Freedom or Imposing Islam” by SAM SOLOMON and E AL MAQDISI should be required reading for EVERYONE as soon as possible!! It absolutely deconstructs and clarifies what has been going on for at least 30 years of destroying our Western Civilizations and how to recognize the blatant steps to that end. What a handbook to use to confront the Political Correct ignoramus critics who devalue attempts to enlighten them.
Distribute that book!!
scherado says
TWO Christian churches have closed this year alone in the nearby towns where I live.
Rarely says
Vacant churches are ideal for any religious group looking for a home. Why build when an ideal vacant building is available? There is nothing perverse in doing so. Trying to make something out of nothing.
Remember also that no one is forcing the various Christian faiths to sell their churches to be turned into mosques.
That the demand exists is another issue.
James Lincoln says
Rarely says,
Interesting post…
You certainly are correct, buying an existing building is often the pragmatic thing to do.
What I can’t wrap my head around is that these once Christian churches are now housing satanic cults…
WildWelshWoman says
Converting a church to a mosque is emblematic of what’s happening throughout the West.
The single biggest factor in the decline of Christianity is the demographic replacement that has been happening through mass migration. While Christians have been having fewer and fewer children per household, Muslims have been multiplying at dizzying rates.
Their religious doctrine instructs them to achieve dominance over other cultures through high birth rates. While Christians are seeing dramatic birth rate declines, Muslims are all too happy to move in and make up the difference. Muslim households will commonly have five or more children. Islam isn’t here to assimilate, it’s here to dominate.
Islam’s end goal is world domination and at the rate that Muslims are being welcomed into Western societies by bleeding-heart, guilt-ridden Leftists and Muslim apologists, they’re well on their way to fulfilling that goal in a much shorter span of time than was expected.
Kepha says
Or, that since the 19th century, so-called “Christian” leaders have been bowing the knee to every Ba’al their cultured despisers choose to set up.
joanofark06 says
Wow, a lot of facts there, WildWelshWoman! And not a single sentence, has any feelings whatsoever. How do you do that? It’s almost like you have no heart or soul!! Amazing! And it almost sounds like you’ve got your facts all lined up and proud to show them. And like no one in this comment section knew anything about what you said.
Hey guys, and gals, we’re all dimmi’s…I mean, dumwits! How about that?? We should be sooo happy that this “person” is here to teach us, facts that we need to know! Pay attention boys and girls! (sarc/off)
Can you offer up the over 100 verses from the koran, where satan, I mean mohummad says to kill the infidel too? I bet you have them all memorized! Teach us more of what you know…! We are just empty vessels, just waiting to be filled, with your knowledge! (sarc/off 2)
gravenimage says
Why are you now sneering at Anti-Jihadists here?
Dan Adams says
All Islamic followers are walking timebombs.WAITING to go off and kill americans when the sihnal is given.All these islamic havens in america will need to be cleaned out when the SHTF.
Angemon says
How many of those who donated live in the area where the mosque will be built?…
Brian Hoff says
This is nobody bussien it than private deal.
gravenimage says
Once again, “Brian Hoff”–really, “DefenderofIslam”–is telling us we are not allowed to say anything about Muslim supremacism. he has said that once there are enough Muslims they will destroy the Constitution and impose brutal Shari’ah law on us.
Samaria says
Islam and Christianity are compatible religions. Their history, philosophy and scriptures run parallel to each other. They are giving the same messages of ‘peace and goodwill’ to mankind.
The Holy Koran, opens the doors of consciousness for the human mind. It stands for the just “code of conduct” for human beings. Allah is NOT concerned that you are Muslim, Christian or Jewish, or belong to any other faith. What the divine one, is really concerned about is your personal just ‘code of conduct’. It is the individual’s ‘code of conduct’ that will determine whether he/she will ascend in enlightenment, and is able to purify their soul. The ultimate achievement and work of each human being, on earth, is to purify their soul. it is then, that they are able to operate from the platform of unconditional love, and pure bliss. From this stage onwards, they can manifest great spiritual outcomes for their own good and others. Islam provides the way.
It is not Islam or Christianity, that is the problem, but bigoted people, a small number, in every religion, that corrupt the practices and adversely affect lives of others.
Many thousands and millions of westerners around the world, including women, who have opened the Holy Koran in curiosity, at a time when Islam was being assaulted, have been so taken by the beauty of the message of the Holy Koran, that they converted to Islam. It appealed to their ‘inner eye of seeing’. They appear happier, and have found renewed inner strength. Islam is DYNAMIC. One is able to see with the inner eye and experience an expansion of consciousness.
Please read the Holy Koran with no expectations. No prejudice, or favouring it. Read it from a detached point of view, objectively. Find out why it is so compelling, why millions from other faiths have converted. The few adherents who observe its teachings experience pure bliss. Broad is the path for many that walk it. Narrow for the few that take it. Ultimately the narrow path, leads to liberation.
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it,
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right,
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
And he fails that corrupts it!
(Holy Koran chapter 91, Ash Shams, or the Sun – verses 7, 8, 9, 10).
Holy Koran translated by Yusuf Ali.
James Lincoln says
Could one of the Jihad Watch staff writers please tackle this one?
Wellington says
Samaria: Bullshit. The Koran is a hate manual. Over 50% of it deals with despising the non-Muslim. Moreover, the Koran (Sura 4:89) demands the death of a Muslim who converts to another faith. How is this evidence of something wonderful and tolerant? Jews and Christians are referred to as “the vilest of creatures” in Sura 98:6. This wretched holy book also has over 100 verses calling for war to be made upon humanity “until all religion is with Allah.” {Sura 8:39} No other major faith in its theological blueprint calls for war to be waged against non-believers so that all the world comes under the domination of that religion, contra Islam.
There are too many people here at JW who know that Islam is bad news for freedom, for equality under the law (everywhere Islam is dominant it sets up a Jim Crow system based not on race but on belief), for women’s rights, and for a true Golden Rule for all. Go peddle your mendacious rot elsewhere. You will make no headway here.
Islam is the proto-type for Nazism. Nazism preached a master race and Islam preaches a master faith. It is as evil as Nazism though far better disguised. Now get lost.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
Samaria writes, “Please read the Holy Koran with no expectations. No prejudice, or favouring it. Read it from a detached point of view, objectively. Find out why it is so compelling.”
Okay, Samaria, I take up your challenge. For a fair test, I got out my TI-83 scientific calculator to randomly pick one of the 114 sura, and what I got was sura 91 (by coincidence — or Fate! — this is the same chapter you quote from. Going to http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=91&verse=1 and choosing the first translation, Sahih International, the passage to ponder is:
==QUOTE== By the sun and its brightness, and [by] the moon when it follows it, and [by] the day when it displays it, and [by] the night when it covers it, and [by] the sky and He who constructed it, and [by] the earth and He who spread it, and [by] the soul and He who proportioned it and inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness, He has succeeded who purifies it, and he has failed who instills it [with corruption]. ==UNQUOTE==
Okay, that’s the first full sentence of sura 91. Let’s do a literary analysis…
Here, “by” must mean “with the authority or sanction”, as in “By the hair of my chinny-chin-chin”. The objects of this oath-taking “by” are: the sun, the sun’s brightness, the moon (but only when it follows the sun), the day (but only when the day displays the sun; i.e., daytime), the sky and its Constructor, the earth and its Spreader, the soul (there’s only one?) and its Proportioner and the Inspirer of its wickedness and its righteousness. So with all these “by”s, what’s the conclusion? That whoever purifies the soul succeeds (at what?), and whoever instills the soul fails (at what?). Throughout this sentence, the reader must try to guess what the pronoun “it” means in each case. (The English of Quran translations has trouble with pronoun antecedents in general.) To make sense, the phrases “[with discernment of]” and “[with corruption]” must be added. Why did the author of this passage forget to say this? And the vocabulary is peculiar too. What does it mean to “cover” a day, to “spread” the earth, and to “proportion” a soul?
It might be argued that these are the fault of the translator, but surely the author was omniscient enough to anticipate that this classical-Arabic text would be translated into other languages and should have been smart enough to come up with wording that is translation-proof.
I don’t find this first sentence of sura 91 inspiring, because I can’t even find out what it means.
gravenimage says
The dishonest Samaria wrote:
Islam and Christianity are compatible religions. Their history, philosophy and scriptures run parallel to each other.
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By “parallel to each other” he means that Muslims have pirated, raped, and mass slaughtered Christians.
More:
They are giving the same messages of ‘peace and goodwill’ to mankind.
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Is that so? Can Samaria cite any such passages from Islamic texts? Of course not.
More:
The Holy Koran, opens the doors of consciousness for the human mind. It stands for the just “code of conduct” for human beings. Allah is NOT concerned that you are Muslim, Christian or Jewish, or belong to any other faith. What the divine one, is really concerned about is your personal just ‘code of conduct’. It is the individual’s ‘code of conduct’ that will determine whether he/she will ascend in enlightenment, and is able to purify their soul. The ultimate achievement and work of each human being, on earth, is to purify their soul. it is then, that they are able to operate from the platform of unconditional love, and pure bliss. From this stage onwards, they can manifest great spiritual outcomes for their own good and others. Islam provides the way.
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Izzat so? Then why is the Qur’an full of exhortations for Muslims to slay the unbelievers wherever they find them? What rot.
More:
It is not Islam or Christianity, that is the problem, but bigoted people, a small number, in every religion, that corrupt the practices and adversely affect lives of others.
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“Bigoted” people who do not accept this bald-faced Taqiyya, I suppose…
More:
Many thousands and millions of westerners around the world, including women, who have opened the Holy Koran in curiosity, at a time when Islam was being assaulted, have been so taken by the beauty of the message of the Holy Koran, that they converted to Islam. It appealed to their ‘inner eye of seeing’. They appear happier, and have found renewed inner strength. Islam is DYNAMIC. One is able to see with the inner eye and experience an expansion of consciousness.
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What could be more beautiful than wife beating?
As for Islam being “DYNAMIC”, Samaria must be referring to waging violent Jihad against the Kuffar.
More:
Please read the Holy Koran with no expectations. No prejudice, or favouring it. Read it from a detached point of view, objectively. Find out why it is so compelling, why millions from other faiths have converted. The few adherents who observe its teachings experience pure bliss. Broad is the path for many that walk it. Narrow for the few that take it. Ultimately the narrow path, leads to liberation.
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If by “liberation” he means feeling good about abusing women and Infidels, I suppose so. Really, I knew little about the Qur’an when I first read it, and I was utterly horrified. What I have learned since–the order of the Suras and abrogation–has just made it worse.
More:
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it,
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right,
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
And he fails that corrupts it!
(Holy Koran chapter 91, Ash Shams, or the Sun – verses 7, 8, 9, 10).
Holy Koran translated by Yusuf Ali.
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Notice that Samaria fails to provide the rest of this verse, which condemns non-Muslims.
Lotus says
Trends, trends, trends. We need to be vigilant and keep our eye on trends.
Some people go to psychics to find out what the future will hold, but the actual future will unfold itself in accordance with the trends that are underway now.
That is why a news item like this is of more importance than it might at first seem.
Philip Damon says
This isn’t politically correct, but it’s the truth and needs to be said:
Yes, I understand the sentiment of the article, and yes, Islam is purchasing churches across the nation. However, Mormons are not Christians. They name Christ, but their Christ is as much the Biblical one as the Muslim Christ. Theirs is a created being, the brother of Lucifer. Salvation for the Mormon is through keeping ordinances, being sealed in their temple, and good works. Like Muhammad, their prophet (Joseph Smith) also get his revelation from an angel of light.
The fact that Muslims purchased this from them makes no difference to me. The truth wasn’t preached there in the first place. Also, they don’t call their buildings “churches,” but “church houses.”
I know this because not only do I live in a Mormon community, I have spent years of my life talking to and witnessing to them. Just because someone claims the name “Christ” doesn’t mean their Christian. Ask them what Jesus asked his apostles – “Whom do you say that I am?”
We do need to work to spread the true gospel, but in the end, Jesus is coming soon, and I am looking forward to it!
Johnny Utah says
Philip,
I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-Day Saints. Everything we do is in the name of Christ but somehow we aren’t Christian? Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church. The Prophet Joseph Smith received his first revelation when he was visited by God the Father and Jesus Christ. Later, they sent the Angel Moroni to instruct Joseph. Just like God sending angels to visit prophets and apostles in the Old and New Testaments. I challenge you to read the Book Of Mormon. The Resurrected Jesus Christ visits the people of the ancient Americas just as he said he would during his mortal ministry. “Other sheep I have that are not of this fold.” Who do we say Jesus Christ is? The Son of God and the Savior of the World. The Book of Mormon testifies of Jesus Christ from beginning to end.
Don’t discount and dismiss other Christian faiths because they are not your specific Christian faith!
gravenimage says
I stand with you, Johnny!
UNCLE VLADDI says
“The Church of Latter-Day Sellouts” is a much more appropriate moniker!
Oh well not surprising considering its founder claimed to be the new Moe!
gravenimage says
Other churches are doing the same, I’m afraid.
TattoedMan77 says
Islamic dominance over the indigenous religion.
gravenimage says
Spot on.
UncleJohn says
Let us all hear truth and see the lies for what they are. In the Holy Name of Jesus I pray this for all that know the holy spirit. Amen