If built, the West Ham mega mosque would be the largest place of worship in Europe, accommodating between 10,000 and 40,000 worshipers, and the size of Battersea Power Station according to its architect.
The fundamentalist group behind it, Tablighi Jamaat, are associated with convicted and dead Islamic terrorists.
In March 2015, with the General Election looming, the Government flunked a decision over whether to allow or dismiss the mosque trustees’ appeal against the refusal of Newham Council to grant the scheme planning permission.
With the General Election over, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government could make a decision within days.
Will that decision defer to a group of radical Muslims operating inside the Department for Communities and Local Government itself?
In February the Daily Telegraph reported that Baroness Warsi formed the “cross-Government working group on anti-Muslim hatred” to advise the Government on Muslim affairs.
It includes Iqbal Bhana, who has praised the work of a body defending Abu Hamza, and Iftikhar Awan, a former trustee of Islamic Relief, a charity with links to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood.
Crucially, one member is Muddassar Ahmed, whose PR company, Unitas Communications, helped set up a support body called the Newham People’s Alliance (NPA) to campaign for the West Ham ‘mega mosque’.
“It was a very vicious campaign, with a lot of lying and making things up” said Sir Robin Wales, Newham’s mayor. “The NPA were very unpleasant and bullying people to deal with,” said former Newham councillor Alan Craig, a long-standing opponent of the ‘megamosque’.
* Take a look at our video. If you have never seen the ‘mega mosque’ site, this is a good opportunity to do so.
* Come and join us for prayer at the site on every first Saturday in the month from 10.30am to 12.30pm rain or shine. Nearest Station: Abbey Road DLR, SatNav E15 3ND. We meet where Canning Road crosses the Greenway.
* Write to your MP at House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Isaiah 42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. (KJV)
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