Don't know if you have heard about this but Ken Livingstone is planning to use tax payer's money?

Question

to build an enormous mosque costing an estimated 100M in the docklands. What do you think about it? Wouldn't it be better to spend the money on a new hospital or improved transport facilities??
BIGGER THAN ST PAULS!!!
The plan is for the mosque to be so big that people flying in from all over the world for the 2012 Olympics will it see it as the biggest landmark in London , bigger than St Pauls, Westminster Abbey or Wembley Stadium,
Take a second to cast your vote in The Evening Standard on-line poll to determine public opinion about whether a mega mosque should be built for the Olympics.
a multi faith church would be far better and what would you rather spend 100 million on
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/poll/poll-18791-details/ques-18669-id/%C2%A3100m+mosque%3A+Vote+now/poll.do

Answer 1

sounds like a great idea. hopefully all faiths will have somewhere like this to pray in the UK one day.

Answer 2

Well, lets get straight to the point. NO, it is not dangerous, there are far worse things in the air, and also things that we ingest. YES, the Government is wasting taxpayers money. If you take up heroin, you can mug old ladies, and still be regarded as a victim, and you can get treatment in the NHS, including free heroin. I have rehearsed the full argument about anti-smoking zealots many times, mainly female inspired I think, and have tried to argue that it should be allowed in pubs whose owners still want it, and further, that their intolerance will simply encourage this Government to extend its nannying attitude to other areas of life. This particular initiative seems to be a power trip for the government, because, if they can ban smoking, they know that they can get away with banning anything. The financial arguments don't stack up for the Government either. But it wont stop them, because this issue seems to have taken on a life force of its own, and, in any event, they will introduce green taxes to compensate. On this particular issue, I have realised how incredibly gullible the general public are to indoctrination. Often, they are willing sheep. It makes my clothes smell, or, I wanted to give up anyway. Well, stay out of smoking pubs. The irony is, that those that make the most noise, probably don't go into pubs very much anyway. They will start squealing when they introduce quotas for drinking alcohol. I accept the ban in most places. But I think that more leaway should be given to pubs to decide. I can guarantee that you will get answers from the usual intolerant brigade. And don't believe for one moment that they care about your health. They are hypocrits, and self obsessed ones at that. Horrible people, and stay out of my pub you old women.

Answer 3

A multi-faith building would b a better idea!
if we're supposedly a multi-faith country this would b an ideal example 2 prove it.
here in the UK we have faith
& worship in a congregation that includes every1.
male & female.
the fact that they worship in separation is beyond me!
mayb & this is a wild stab in the dark, i wonder if building the Mosque there, the establishment can in some why pacify the muslims & defer any threat 2 the games.
my opinion.
with the NHS, on its knees,
could probably do with the cash.
more important than 1 bloody over-priced building!

Answer 4

I think the idea of a multi-faith Church would be better ...

but the worlds largest Mosque sounds good too, it would really put Great Britain on the map in time for the Olympics!

cheers

Philip

Answer 5

This is the third question on this today.
Mosques are not funded by tax payers' money.
The article was written by a Jewish woman, so it could hardly be impartial.
New transport facilities are being upgraded anyway for 2012.

I'm not going to rise to the bait - this is simply a pile of rubbish to justify the whims of the far right.

Answer 6

No he isn't. This has been posted twice today already, and about twenty times this week.

The proposed mosque will not be funded with any public money at all, is not associated with the Olympics, will not be visible from space, will not be Britain's biggest landmark, and is not being built or approved by either Ken Livingstone or Tony Blair.

This is just the Evening Standard stirring up racial and religious tensions yet again. Please stop spamming answers with this crap.

Answer 7

Sorry I don't live in london. I live in America...So at the moment I'm caught up worrying about America..well kinda..I'm not political. I am more worried about my own personal issues cause there are millions more worrying on America for me to panic.

Answer 8

Why should the taxpayer pay for it. It should be paid for by the people who are going to run it and participate worshipping there. I'm sure if it was an Angelina/catholic/prostent place of worship no tax payers money would be offered. Tax payers money should be for the benefit of all not for a select group to gain political favour from an individual minority group.

Answer 9

GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT

This is not public money - it is being funded by an Islamic Group and, in a democracy, they can apply to build whatever they like.

Answer 10

IT'S NOT TRUE.

Read the story - where does it say that taxpayer's money will be used to build it? Answer: it doesn't.

It says that the GLA will decide whether to give planning permission to the mosque, that's all. Once that is given, it's up to the owners to find the cash privately, just like any other building.

Answer 11

I believe this was posted on the net on April 1st