Would you be comfortable with a Mosque built in your neighbourhood?

[GenMarshall]

Christianity professing love!? I'm pretty sure love is in the air when those abortion clinics blow up. Your religion is not of love. Islam is not a religion of hate. It is just a different spin to Christianity, just like Christianity is a different spin to Judaism.

Oh don't even go there!

Christianity Professes love

The Majority of Christians disaprove and are actualy disgusted by people who blow up abortion clinics.

The bottom line, Christians dont blow up abortion clinics. Just because a few bad apples did something, it does not mean that the entire religion and it's people are the same.

 

[ulsterman88]

I answered no for the simple reason that when a mosque appears in the UK it usually means a large community of Asians will segregate themselves from the rest of the community and stir up racial tensions.

 

[Stylesjl]

Oh don't even go there!

Christianity Professes love

The Majority of Christians disaprove and are actualy disgusted by people who blow up abortion clinics.

The bottom line, Christians dont blow up abortion clinics. Just because a few bad apples did something, it does not mean that the entire religion and it's people are the same.

Wrong. Christians do blow up abortion clinics. Otherwise Muslims don't blow people up. One or the other.

Either way, the point is Chrisrians are not so innocent as propaganda makes them out to be

 

[The Last Conformist]

When I was in Germany, I had a mosque a couple blocks from my appartment. Didn't care either way.

I was slightly miffed by the church further down the road, however, since the bells would occasionally wake me up. Still, you eventually got used to it.

 

[El_Machinae]

I don't mind in the least. I'd happily condemn people who object. Godwynn, though, raises a good point about parking. Some community churches tie up the blocks around it with parking. Of course, it's something you've had to experience to be annoyed by it. Still, it's well within their rights to park there.

Regarding Allah vs. God. I'd agree that Jehovah and Allah are similar enough that we can pretend that they're the same god (see Mars and Ares). The Christian God is quite a bit different from the other two, though, and I wouldn't say that they're the same.

And if people are going to follow a religion, I'd hope they follow the most loving religion that they could; mainly because (as a species) we have a hard enough time getting along even if we think that a god wants us to be as loving as possible. If Scripture gives the least excuses to hurt each other, it's sure to be abused.

 

[Zarn]

I think it's a joke regarding your post about Protestant Churches .

What makes you think I wasn't joking?

 

[BCLG100]

At uni digs i live above a mosque and opposite a buddhist centre, doesnt really bother me.

 

[Stacmon]

you do realize that many, if not most mosques in western countries abstain from using or even building a minaret?

anyway, no, I wouldn't mind a mosque near me at all, why should I?

He beat me to it .

Since Muslim minorities realize they are in largely non-Muslim countries, they very often do not loudly broadcast the call to prayer within their local communities. There would be many more complaints if people were woken up at 4:30 or 5:00am every morning by the call to prayer .

As other people have already mentioned, churches with their bells ringing at 6:00 or 7:00am are often a much greater bother to people, especially since there are so many. I've heard so many people complain, especially when I lived in Germany, about being unable to sleep past 7:00 .

 

[Mise]

If they built a Mosque next to my house, I'd probably be against it, as it would drive property values down, most likely. I wouldn't want to live near any kind of "venue" or "gathering point" because I don't trust people not to damage the area or throw litter in my front garden or obstruct my drive with their cars etc etc etc. The inconvenience caused by building something like that near my house would be too much for me.

I wouldn't care if it were a Mosque or a Church or somewhere for old people to play Bridge, incidentally.

 

[Stacmon]

... because I don't trust people not to damage the area or throw litter in my front garden...

I personally think that most of the Muslims observant enough to go to the Mosque for prayers would also be considerate enough not to through things all over your yard.

Cleanliness and hygiene are actually critical concepts within Islam, and those values would probably make Muslims less likely to "trash" your yard than members of other faiths .

 

[azzaman333]

In my neighbourhood, I have no problem with places of worship. On my street, I would move out if they started planning a mosque nearby. Nothing against Muslims though, I have the problem with any places of worship too close to my personal space.

 

[El_Machinae]

I personally think that most of the Muslims observant enough to go to the Mosque for prayers would also be considerate enough not to through things all over your yard.

Cleanliness and hygiene are actually critical concepts within Islam, and those values would probably make Muslims less likely to "trash" your yard than members of other faiths .

Naw, remember that people are people. Gather people together, and you'll have junk strewn about.

 

[Truronian]

I wouldn't mind... Cornwall desperately needs one in fact.

 

[Mise]

I personally think that most of the Muslims observant enough to go to the Mosque for prayers would also be considerate enough not to through things all over your yard.

Cleanliness and hygiene are actually critical concepts within Islam, and those values would probably make Muslims less likely to "trash" your yard than members of other faiths .

Whether or not they are less likely to than other faiths doesn't concern me. The fact that they are more likely to than the average 4.4 person household is what concerns me.

I'm not particularly "conservative" about it -- I would move to a house next to a Mosque if the house was significantly cheaper than one that wasn't near a Mosque, but if a Mosque were planned near my house, and I lost money on my house because of it, I'd be pissed off. If I paid for a house in a quiet residential area, that's what I would expect.

 

[Stacmon]

Naw, remember that people are people. Gather people together, and you'll have junk strewn about.

I can't disagree with you more! Saying that "people are people" is a massive oversimplification, it's like saying "animals are animals" and ignoring all differences between them.

Science has shown that the vast majority of our behaviour is learned, because we are a highly social species. This means it isn't genetically determined and will vary from person to person.

Since religion is a huge source of values to people, it is realistic to expect that the followers of one religion would behave different than the followers of another (or no religion).

For example, my personal values (these are consistent with, but weren't brought about as a result of Islam), lead me to feel a great deal of guilt and shame if I litter. I even go so far as to pick up other people's garbage and to point out to them that they should be more considerate of others.

One time, on a bus, I noticed a young guy drinking juice from one of those cola-like plastic bottles. When he finished, he just dropped it on the floor, and it rolled towards me. I was just about to get off the bus, so I picked it up, banged it lightly on a metal bar and got the person's attention. I showed him the bottle and walked off the bus with it. Afterwards, I still had to walk another 10 or so minutes before I got to my destination and finally threw out the bottle once I entered the house I was visiting.

Not everyone would do the same things that I would, or feel the same way, but that is exactly my point. People are inherently different and suggesting otherwise is completely contrary to all that we've discovered about ourselves.

 

[El_Machinae]

It comes out in the wash, though. On average, a bunch of people will litter more than a few people. Mise makes the point well.

You might be an anti-litterbug, but other people aren't. I'm not saying a mosque will be worse than a church, but it certainly won't be better; even if we accept that Islam is a 'cleaner' religion than other types of community gathering.

 

[Neomega]

Uh, yeah, heck, my church has been known to hold service projects and help other religions build churches (not ever in my neighborhood, but I know they have done it).

mormons

 

[Stacmon]

It comes out in the wash, though. On average, a bunch of people will litter more than a few people. Mise makes the point well.

Fair enough, but you stated "people are people," which I took some objection to, for obvious reasons .

 

[downtown]

As long as they were able to also build a parking lot, and help take care of the traffic problems during holidays, its fine by me.

 

[Stacmon]

In most cases, Mosques are built to accommodate the people that will visit them, which includes loads of parking space.

This is the main Mosque in Ottawa:

It's fairly close to my home. It has parking spots surrounding the building.