>> Keep in mind though, that most muslims will prefer to visit the Mega Mosque, >> which will teach moderate Islam, >> rather than go down to the local mullahs >> for a healthy dose of extremist rants.
For sure, that makes excellent sense and I agree whole heartedly with you that it would certainly be a benefit in that way and the Muslim community and perhaps to a slightly lesser extent the general community would benefit from this, however I just donât see why this needs to be funded by what is essentially public money? I think all projects like this (those of a religious nature) need to be treated as private sector projects and should be funded respectively, I'd much rather see public money like this spent on more needy projects like the regeneration of the health service and the education system, which in all honesty is far more important as both of those effect _everyone_ and not a religious minority. I'm not totally convinced that the way to target extremism is to offer a more attractive alternative either, to stop extremist views within the community you need to directly target those who preach and believe it, simply offering the community a more passive alternative to their religious teachings won't stop the hard-line extremist believers from practising. I also agree with Casey's view that 'the Muslim quarter' affair with the Olympics is a terrible idea, nurturing the already somewhat unsettling segregation of the Muslim community is not a good idea, we should all be striving for an integrated society where we put religion aside and respect one another's freedom to believe in whatever we chose, treating one another equally. I just worry that until we take religion out of political and moral decisions this will never be achievable. -----Original Message----- From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 July 2007 12:13 To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Mega Mosque Various Catholic schools, organisation and churches receive different levels of government funding. I think the problem here is that it is a Muslim mosque, and the amount of money being spent. Keep in mind though, that most muslims will prefer to visit the Mega Mosque, which will teach moderate Islam, rather than go down to the local mullahs for a healthy dose of extremist rants. Think about it. On 7/12/07, Robert Rawlins - Think Blue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have no idea, None I would like to think :-D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| CF 8 â Scorpio beta now available, easily build great internet experiences â Try it now on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238230 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
