{"id":6008,"date":"2013-05-30T14:55:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T13:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=6008"},"modified":"2014-05-09T17:37:11","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T16:37:11","slug":"2013may30wh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/2013may30wh\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Prayer as High Court rules against West Ham mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Abbey Mills site of Tablighi Jamaat’s proposed ‘megamosque’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The High Court has ordered a Muslim sect to stop using a redundant chemical works in West Ham as a mosque. Meanwhile, Christians prepare to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation with a prayer meeting on a path overlooking the site.<\/p>\n

Newham Council were granted an injunction last Friday <\/a><\/strong>(24th May 2013) ordering the Anjuman-E-Islahul-Mislimeen Trust, which uses old industrial buildings on the Riverine Centre or Abbey Mills site, to clear the land of temporary buildings and cease religious activities there.<\/p>\n

The action was brought after the mosque trustees, from the purist Tablighi Jamaat sect, breached an undertaking given to Newham to submit a planning application in line with Council policy.<\/p>\n

In another twist, the Trustees have until Wednesday 8th June 2013 to appeal against the Council’s refusal of the planning application they did eventually submit.<\/p>\n

The Mosque was to have been the size of Battersea Power Station, dominating the Abbey Mills area, according to the architect submitting the proposal.\u00a0 It would have accomodated 12,000 devotees, becoming by a factor of four the largest place of worship in Britain, as well as the headquarters of Tablighi Jamaat.<\/p>\n

Local Councillors refused the application last December, reported the London Evening Standard<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The hardline Islamic group announced their intention to appeal to the Planning Inspectorate at Bristol,\u00a0according to the Standard’s later report<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0but having sacked their third and latest firm of architects shortly after the refusal, it is far from certain they will be able to offer a coherent appeal, if they manage one at all.<\/p>\n

Christian Voice members have been meeting for prayer at the site of the proposed development on the first Saturday morning of every month since January 2007. \u00a0The next meeting is Saturday 1st June 2013, the day before the 60th anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty the Queen.<\/p>\n

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The Queen holds the Orb and Rod from the Crown Jewels after her coronation sixty years ago this Sunday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stephen Green, National Director of Christian Voice, said today:<\/p>\n

‘We give thanks to God that Newham Council are determined to see the back of a group described by\u00a0American security officials as a “recruiting ground for Al Qaeda” and by\u00a0French intelligence as an “antechamber of fundamentalism.”<\/p>\n

‘We give thanks also for her Majesty’s Coronation, for the Christian symbolism within it and for our rich Christian heritage.<\/p>\n

‘The battle of the ‘megamosque’ is not over yet and the focus of our prayer must now shift to Bristol and the appeals process.<\/p>\n

‘As to the state of our nation, we shall be praying for their Lordships to show wisdom from on high as they debate and vote on the Government’s ‘gay marriage’ proposals on Monday 3rd June.<\/p>\n

‘With so much going on, it will be a privilege to gather together and seek the Lord on Saturday.’<\/p>\n

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COME ALONG to the next prayer meeting at West Ham:<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday 1st June 2013 (and every first Saturday in the month thereafter) from 103.0am to 12.30 pm.\u00a0 Meet at the site where the Greenway pedestrian path crosses Canning Road.\u00a0 Aim for Channel Sea House at\u00a0E15 3ND<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Streetmap.co.uk).<\/p>\n

If coming by rail, take the DLR from Stratford or West Ham to Abbey Road.\u00a0 Turn right out of the station, and left up Canning Road.\u00a0 We meet at the top on the left on the Greenway. \u00a0This weekend, the Hammersmith and City Line has engineering works, and there is no Circle Line or Metropolitan Line either between Kings Cross and Moorgate. \u00a0Use the District Line, Jubilee Line or Mainline from Fenchurch Street.<\/p>\n

Check at\u00a0Transport for London<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for \u2018planned engineering works\u2019 to the Tube.<\/p>\n

If coming by car, turn into Mitre Road which becomes Abbey Road, turn left into Canning Road, park at Channel Sea House at the end and just walk 50 yards back\u00a0to the Greenway.\u00a0 You can also approach from the other direction: From the A118 High Street turn into Abbey Road.\u00a0 SatNav: E15 3ND.<\/p>\n

PLEASE COME<\/strong> and stand up for Christ whatever the weather and be challenged and blessed!\u00a0 (Phil 1:27-29).\u00a0 The meeting is always a wonderful and peaceful time of fellowship, worship and seeking the Lord in prayer and in His word.<\/p>\n

PRAY<\/strong>: That there is a good turn-out with powerful prayer for our nation.\u00a0 Pray that God will bless our nation with repentance and that His enemies, whether Secularist or Islamic, will be converted to the cause of Christ, or that their plans will come to nothing before our holy and awesome God.\u00a0 Who is on the Lord\u2019s side?\u00a0 Come along and stand with us!<\/p>\n

Postscript<\/strong>: Muslims view Jesus Christ as a mere prophet, superceded by Mohammed. \u00a0Christians believe that Jesus was and is the Son of God. Allah denies having begotten a son, so clearly Allah and the Almighty are not the same being.<\/p>\n

See our previous stories:<\/p>\n

‘Megamosque’ refused planning permission<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Objections invited to ‘Megamosque’<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mosques mean criminality<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Prayer at West Ham \u2018megamosque\u2019 site<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Council Moves Against Proposed Megamosque<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Block the Olympic Mosque<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(ignore ‘Secret Meetings’ – it’s no longer relevant)<\/p>\n

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