tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600181.post8368088068297068986..comments2024-03-22T00:51:38.986-07:00Comments on Islam in Europe: Göthenborg: Mosque financed by SaudisEstherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06697128144253268996noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600181.post-52446738518304285452008-03-31T14:39:00.000-07:002008-03-31T14:39:00.000-07:00The Swedish authorities are creating this situatio...The Swedish authorities are creating this situation by dragging their heels on mosque construction projects. By opposing their construction (by denying financing), they're allowing outside parties a way into these Muslim communities. I think the Swedes should rethink this policy. Also -- to allow foreign governments to select and pay the salaries of domestic imams is a terrible policy (wherever it exists). More national resources for Muslims!弁蛇民https://www.blogger.com/profile/11206178040891240737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600181.post-74342556845809479702007-05-08T08:30:00.000-07:002007-05-08T08:30:00.000-07:00As a practicing Muslim, I do not like foregin infl...As a practicing Muslim, I do not like foregin influence or dependence; especially of Saudi government. Their beliefs are extreme and do not represent main stream Muslims. Problem is that they have money and they are trying to export their views using their financial strength.<BR/><BR/>I also think Gothenburg officials should not have taken 15 years to give approval. This only hardens average Muslim and makes them feel as if they can not become Swedes. There is so much in common if one looks at average lives like working hard for better living conditions, educating their children, various freedoms in the society, etc. Yet we tend to focus on the negative from other parts of the world which have no impact on our daily lives.<BR/><BR/>BTW...I am in Gothenburg on a business trip from the US. Our mosque is run by the community and we don't allow radical speaker. We also don't allow speaker with political agenda related to our countries origin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600181.post-85127079028521062712007-04-30T10:07:00.000-07:002007-04-30T10:07:00.000-07:00Hi Esther,what an interesting "coincidence".Thanks...Hi Esther,<BR/>what an interesting "coincidence".<BR/>Thanks for the info!<BR/>MariaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600181.post-46250534031683085252007-04-29T11:38:00.000-07:002007-04-29T11:38:00.000-07:00Hi anonymous,It is not clear the agressors left th...Hi anonymous,<BR/><BR/>It is not clear the agressors left the star of david. According to reports I found, it was painted a day earlier.<BR/><BR/><I>Specific anti-Semitic incidents include the throwing of feces at the window of a synagogue in Malmo in October 2002, and an attempted arson at the purification room of the Jewish cemetery in Malmo in April. Hours before this incident, the Malmo mosque was burnt to the ground; a Star of David was painted on a mosque wall. Police found no evidence of a connection between the attacks.</I> (<A HREF="http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2003/24435.htm" REL="nofollow">US State Department</A>)<BR/><BR/>Other sources I've found say the fire was an inside job and that investigators were threatened to stay away.Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697128144253268996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600181.post-75902654619224229902007-04-29T08:10:00.000-07:002007-04-29T08:10:00.000-07:00That story reminds me of this mosque in Malmö that...That story reminds me of this mosque in Malmö that refused to be bought by Saudi money years ago<BR/><BR/>Aftonbladet: "Terrorshejk vill ta över svensk moské" 2006-02-06<BR/>http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,773995,00.html<BR/> <BR/>and that was burnt down for the second time (2003 + 2005)<BR/><BR/>IslamOnline.net: "Mosque In Swedish Southern City Set On Fire" September 19, 2005<BR/>http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-09/19/article07.shtml<BR/><BR/>First attack was said to be caused by internal strife... and the next agressors left a star of David.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600181.post-55481694287698087842007-04-27T17:30:00.000-07:002007-04-27T17:30:00.000-07:00From the land which strictly forbids the construct...From the land which strictly forbids the construction of any religious structure by any other religion, the Wahhabi-Saudis continue to finance the construction of Wahhabi mosques in other countries and cultures.<BR/><BR/>The term which describes this phenonemon best: because of its one-sided expansionism, Wahhibism is "religious imperialism." Whoever is chosen to be the new mosque's imam, he'll be Wahhabi, one of the most virulent puritanical forms of political Islam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com