بريطانيا: سياسي بارز يطالب بمنع بناء المساجد بدائرته الانتخابية

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تاريخ الإضافة: 15/2/2010 ميلادي - 1/3/1431 هجري

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طالب "ميتشل أندريو جوف" - السياسي البارز المنتمي لحزب المحافظين، وعضو حكومة الظل عن وزارة المدارس - بمنع بناء أحد المساجد في دائرته الانتخابية بمنطقة "سندهارتس باراكس" بـ"كامبرلي" بمدينة "سُوري".

وجاءت تلك المعارضة كتأييد للحملة التي تقوم بها مجموعة مدعمة من قبل اتحاد الدفاع الإنجليزي المتطرف على موقع "فيس بوك" لمنع بناء ذلك المسجد، والتي جذبت الآلاف من البريطانيين المؤيدين لمنع بناء المساجد.

هذا وقد سبق وحذّر "جوف" في كتاب له من انتشار الإسلام ونشاط الإسلاميين، عقب أحداث السابع من يوليو الدامية، التي تزعم "بريطانيا" نسبتها للمسلمين.

وقد أشار "جوف" إلى أن بناء المسجد في هذه المنطقة يثير القلائل ويرفع من وتيرة التوتر بين عناصر المجتمع.

إلا هذه التصريحات قد واجهت موجة من الانتقادات؛ فقد أعرب مرشح الحزب الليبرالي الديمقراطي "آلان هيلر" عن أن "جوف" قد فقد كل الاحترام بمطالبته الجمعية الإسلامية بسحب طلبها ببناء المسجد.

وقد أعرب مسؤولو جمعية "مسلمي بنغاليا" عن أسفهم من تلك التصريحات، التي تعارض تطوير وتوسعة أحد المساجد، التي لم تعد مناسِبة للمسلمين لإقامة صلواتهم، مستغلة ما أسمته خطأ في إجراءات موافقة المجلس المحلي، وأن القرار النهائي لم يصدر عن المجلس المحلي بعد.

الخبر من مصدره الأصلي:

Michael Gove opposes mosque at centre of 'inflammatory' campaign

A Conservative frontbench spokesman, Michael Gove, has opposed plans to build a mosque in his constituency after it became the target of an "inflammatory and offensive" online campaign.

The shadow schools secretary, who warned that the west was facing a "total war" from Islamists in his book Celsius  7/7  , had initially refused to take sides in the dispute over proposals to build a mosque next to Sandhurst barracks in Camberley, Surrey. But this week he said he had been convinced that the strength of feeling was threatening the area's "good community relations" and called on local Muslims to withdraw the application.

"The issue has become a flashpoint and people from inside and outside the community were making statements that I did not think would further community relations", he said.

"It struck me that it was best to ask the Bengali Welfare Association to withdraw the application and to consider how to improve the facilities for worship for the Muslim community in a calmer environment".

A Facebook group set up to oppose the mosque has  6,834   "fans" and was criticised by one local organisation opposing the mosque as "inflammatory and offensive". The Facebook group is supported by the far-right English Defence League.

The local Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate, Alan Hiliar, said Gove had "lost all respect" over the issue. "I reject Michael Gove's decision to ask the community to withdraw their application on the ground that it's 'divisive'. To ask the Muslim community to withdraw the application is simply kicking the issue into the long grass; it resolves nothing".

Gove denied he had pandered to anti-Islamic sentiment, saying he had supported the Muslim community locally and nationally. "We have had an Islamic centre here for more than   10 years, which I have visited as a prospective candidate and MP, and I have appeared on platforms opposing those who have an anti-Islamic agenda. My aim is to ensure that this community has the facilities they need. I just don't think this is the right way of going about that".

The existing mosque is housed in a former school in a conservation area. The new mosque would replace that building. Gove said many people also felt that it was important not to demolish the school, which is a locally listed building.

Abdul Wasay Chowdhury, of the Bengali Welfare Association, said the existing mosque was unsuitable and had no washing facilities or toilet. "It is not suitable for us to use as a mosque – there are many different floors so when someone is giving a speech it is difficult to see them."The building also did not face Mecca. "We have designed the plans very carefully so they will enhance the local area and have had lots of compliments on the way it will look", he said.

The council's planning committee voted in favour of the development. However, a procedural error means that the matter will go back before the council shortly before a final decision is made.

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