بريطانيا: إرجاء بناء مسجد بعد تهديدات بحرقه

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

توقف مشروع بناء "مسجد شيبنج نورتن" بمدينة "أوكسفورد" البريطانية؛ وذلك بعد تلقي "جورج ويسنتر" - مالك الأرض - تهديدات بحرق المسجد حال إتمام المشروع، مطالبة بإلغاء الصفقة مع الجمعية الإسلامية بالمنطقة.

وأكد مالك الأرض أنه لن يستطيع إتمام الصفقة خشية تعرض العقار للأضرار، خاصةً وأن هناك مواطنين يقطنون أعلى المكان الذي كان من المقرر تحويله لمسجد لخدمة الأقلية المسلمة محدودة العدد.

وتعليقًا على الموقف أعرب "طاهر حسين" المتقدم بطلب بناء المسجد عن استنكاره لهذا الموقف من المجتمع المحلي، مشيرًا إلى شعوره بالخطر على حياته، خاصةً وأنه يعمل سائق سيارة أجرة ويتنقل بين العديد من المناطق.

وتأتي هذه التطورات السلبية بعد موافقة المجلس المحلي لـ"غرب أكسفورد" على مشروع بناء المسجد، وابتهاج المجتمع الإسلامي بتلك الخطوات الإيجابية، والتي أفسدتها حدة التهديدات وخطورتها؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Plans for Chipping Norton mosque scrapped after threats

A MOSQUE will not open in Chipping Norton after its landlord received a threat that it would be burnt to the ground.

The town’s Muslim community had been celebrating after they won permission to open the permanent home on Monday. But their 79-year-old landlord Georg Wissinter has received a threatening phone call and pulled out of the deal.

He said: “Someone rang up and said if you go ahead with the mosque then it will get very hot. They were saying they would burn it down.

“I have got people in the flat above [the proposed mosque]. I cannot take the risk.”

Mr Wissinter said he had only received one phone call but word of mouth around the town suggested the sentiment was more widespread. He said: “There is more than one person.”

Mr Wissinter, who is German, said racists had constantly accused him of being a Nazi in the 35 years he has been living in the town. He said: “I did expect something to happen because of the application. But I did not expect them to want to burn it down.”

The application was to have seen a vacant shop in Hitchmans Mews, off West Street, converted into the mosque. The change of use permission would have allowed it to open from sunrise until one hour after sunset for 10-minute prayers five times a day.

Chipping Norton’s Muslim community currently worships at the Town Hall on Fridays. The 2011 Census said Chipping Norton had 34 Muslims, of a population of 6,337.

Applicant Tahirul Hasan, a Chipping Norton town councillor, said: “It is absolutely shocking. I did not expect this from our local community.”

Mr Hasan said he was worried about his own safety, especially as he is a taxi driver who receives late call-outs to remote locations.