France : The Mosque In Créteil

[Ambiorix]

The Mosque In Créteil
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It seems that the Washington Post interviewed Laurent Cathala, the socialist mayor of the city of Créteil, southeast of Paris, about the new mosque soon to be built. According to Le Salon Beige, reporting on the Post article, the mayor has big plans for his mosque:

"We wanted the mosque to be built where everyone could see it. We did not want it hidden. Placing it just under the window of the mayor's office and the police station is the best way to eliminate secret hiding places and extremism. This new mosque is part of the demographic evolution of our city. If you are for social justice you cannot recognize one part of the population and not another part, especially in matters of religion."

But we learn also that "the construction, scheduled for completion in 2008, will include a minaret 25 meters high and a dome, and will house more than 2500 faithful. With a cost upwards of 7.4 million euros..." And that "the city contributed around 1.5 million euros, and the mosque soon to be completed will be part of a large complex including a cultural center, a café, an exhibition center, a hammam (a type of sauna), a book store, a library and a study room."

Finally, the Washington Post article speaks of the MNR (National Republican Movement headed by Bruno Mégret) whose "members are opposed to the construction of mosques in several French cities." Lysiane Choukroun, in particular, the municipal councilor of Créteil declared:

"Jews pay for their synagogues, Catholics for their churches. Why should the Muslims be assisted by the taxpayers of Créteil?"

However one Salon Beige reader sent this interesting comment:

It would surely be relevant to include in this article the opinions expressed by the bishop of Créteil and the president of the Créteil Jewish community, on the topic of this mosque:

- Monsignor Daniel Labille, bishop of Créteil: "I completely understand the desire of this community to have a place of worship. The French Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, and yet the Muslims have no house of worship worthy of this name, where they can practice their faith. Therefore I regard as completely normal the building of a mosque. The best service we can render to a community is to prevent it from closing ranks within itself and to try to maintain good relations with it. From that standpoint the mosque is a aid to integration. Of course one can have fantasies about Islam and think only of the fanatical element. I feel we must go beyond this fear. To refuse to allow this community from practicing its faith openly, as the other religions do, would be the best way to encourage extremism."

- André Benayoun, president of the Créteil Jewish Community: "The Jewish community of Créteil is favorable to the construction of a mosque in Créteil, comparable to all the religious communities of the city that have at their disposal dignified places of assembly and worship. This house of worship will allow the Muslim community to feel more a part of Créteil the motto of which is 'Live together'".

Either both men are being cautious about what they say, or they have deliberately put the blinders on regarding the nature of Islam. Is it possible that they don't know that allowing Muslims to worship at French taxpayers' expense only hastens the definitive establishment of "Eurabia"?

The Washington Post article mentioned above is worth the detour, but you will probably have to register. There is additional information about the mosque and a discussion of the growing Muslim population in Europe, as well as the chart posted above showing the number of mosques in Europe.

[mord]

They are obviously both very P.C.

[kellymaureen]

Demographic Facts

Mosques in the United States: 1,209
American Muslims associated with a mosque: 2 million
Increase in number of mosques since 1994: 25 percent
Proportion of mosques founded since 1980: 62 percent
Average number of Muslims associated with each mosque in the United States: 1,625
U.S. mosque participants who are converts: 30 percent

Frightening that France and England are both FAR smaller than the US but each have more mosques.
Its frightening to me that the US has 1200
I cant seem to find anything about how much money WE the US taxpayers have shelled out to build these terror palaces, but Im sure that we have.

Oh and congrats Mord, wow 6000 posts...and every one of them is great 

[mord]

Thanks and by looking at that map South Dakota is looking better and better to me Another thing the U.S. has 300 million people so it's not too bad here yet

[kellymaureen]

Lol yes, but South Dakota has worse weather than I do now, Hawaii only has 2 mosques and nice beaches:P ...and since muslims arent the brightest bulbs in the box its possible that at least one is built on a volcano

Wow look at New Jersey, tiny state and has the third largest population of mosques.

[mord]

Northern NewJersey is like moslem central

[serbian army]

florida 57

[JTFFan]

florida 57

Too bad