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18 Jan 10
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8465694.stm
Plans collapse for Britain's biggest mosque in London
The proposed site for Abbey Mills mosque
The group has been operating illegally on the site since 2006
Plans to build Britain's biggest mosque in east London have collapsed.
The Islamic missionary group Tablighi Jamaat wanted to create a place of worship close to the Olympic site which could have accommodated 12,000 people.
Newham Council said planning permission for land in Abbey Mills expired in 2006 and a January deadline for the group to come up with a masterplan had passed.
Tablighi Jamaat, which has not been available for comment, has been told to leave the Abbey Mills site this week.
Strong opposition
It has been operating an illegal temporary mosque at Abbey Mills, which is just south of the London 2012 Olympics site in Stratford.
There was strong opposition when the group unveiled its plans for the 7.3-hectare (18-acre) site.
More than 48,000 people petitioned the government to prevent it.
A Newham Council spokesperson said: "Temporary planning permission expired on 31 October 2006 and any operations since then have been unlawful.
"The [Tablighi Jamaat] Trust was given until January to submit a masterplan for the site, although failed to meet this deadline."
The spokesman explained that the group had been given until Thursday to leave the land or the council would bring about "formal enforcement action".
He added: "The council will then look at a number of options open to it, which includes the possibility of using compulsory purchase powers.
"However, taking ownership of the land is not currently a consideration."
Plans collapse for Britain's biggest mosque in London
The proposed site for Abbey Mills mosque
The group has been operating illegally on the site since 2006
Plans to build Britain's biggest mosque in east London have collapsed.
The Islamic missionary group Tablighi Jamaat wanted to create a place of worship close to the Olympic site which could have accommodated 12,000 people.
Newham Council said planning permission for land in Abbey Mills expired in 2006 and a January deadline for the group to come up with a masterplan had passed.
Tablighi Jamaat, which has not been available for comment, has been told to leave the Abbey Mills site this week.
Strong opposition
It has been operating an illegal temporary mosque at Abbey Mills, which is just south of the London 2012 Olympics site in Stratford.
There was strong opposition when the group unveiled its plans for the 7.3-hectare (18-acre) site.
More than 48,000 people petitioned the government to prevent it.
A Newham Council spokesperson said: "Temporary planning permission expired on 31 October 2006 and any operations since then have been unlawful.
"The [Tablighi Jamaat] Trust was given until January to submit a masterplan for the site, although failed to meet this deadline."
The spokesman explained that the group had been given until Thursday to leave the land or the council would bring about "formal enforcement action".
He added: "The council will then look at a number of options open to it, which includes the possibility of using compulsory purchase powers.
"However, taking ownership of the land is not currently a consideration."
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good hopefully it will yield some future common sense over the building of grandstanding religious structures
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good.
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Hang on doesn't a, ahem, well respected forumite that knows that part of London well say that Muslims run the borough and always get their own way there? Somethings not right here........
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'well respected' should read 'supervised'.
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Are you his supervisor....Mr O...?
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;)
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No, I just report him every day. The supervision element is carried out by trained health professionals.
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I bet those Muslims are a bit peeved...
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No mention of the Church (with a large congregation) that they closed down in the area and then said there was no room for a new one, before announcing the plans for the mosque.
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whats the point of a church nobody ever goes...
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There's an application in with Tower Hamlets at the moment which is seeking the erection of two archway type structures which have been designed to look like Islamic veils. They're planned for either end of Brick Lane.
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FFS...
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how can an archway look like an islamic veil ffs.. we see archways up and down the country...
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Dandy Warhol 18 Jan 17:49
There's an application in with Tower Hamlets at the moment which is seeking the erection of two archway type structures which have been designed to look like Islamic veils. They're planned for either end of Brick Lane. I hope they dont knock down the beigel shop at the far end of Brick Lane for this !! |
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Good job petitioners!
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Discipline87 18 Jan 18:06
Good job petitioners! ? failed to meet deadline for new plans... would have been interesting if they did.. anyway this group jamaat tabligui portray themselves as 'moderate british muslims' so were always going to back down once the demos started.. would have been interesting if it was a diffrent group heavily backed by the saudis.. |
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A truely great day for the country
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over the moon great news
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More than 48,000 people petitioned the government to prevent it.
There are 57,500 muslims in Newham, leaving 192,500 non-muslims to object. Not much of a turn-out imo. |
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To stop the Ghetto-isation of areas of britain no more muslims should be allowed in Newham...(maybe some should be extradited)....
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NEWHAM is multicultural area, but more multi than most.
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