Comments on: Ugly modernist plan for Olympic mosque

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:49:14 +0000

Rather than spend all that money on a super duper mosque, I think the money should be used to literally pay for cleaners to clean/refurbish all our dirty masjids across the country. That would be great.

The Prophet (alehi salatu wa salam) said: “Cleanliness is Part of Faith”.

The greatest muslims worshipped in mud huts.

Magnificent mosques aint going to improve our deen, whether they are built from renewable energies or disposable cups.

By: Old Pickler

Old Pickler — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:33:35 +0000

I don’t like the idea of the place becoming a Muslim ghetto. The UK is a diverse and tolerant country - we don’t want religious ghettos. Look at Northern Ireland to see the results of segregation.

Such a big mosque means concentration and centralisation of power. I’m against this, not just in the context of religion.

By: Thersites

Thersites — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:28:13 +0000

“Apart from anything else, the upward pressure on house prices is likely to price a lot of local Muslims out of the market, making it something of a white elephant.” If they put that thing there there probably won’t be any upward surge in house prices. “There goes the neighbourhood.”

By: Faraz

Faraz — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:48:02 +0000

I love the design of the new London Markaz. I don’t think it’s necessary for mosques to always fit into the standard Turkish/Middle Eastern mould, since Islam itself is so diverse. The Prophet once expressed displeasure at the site of a domed building in favour of simplicity - the point being that the whole Dome thing we have going was more a reflection of the culture at the time than something that stemmed from Prophetic example. Since Islam has transcended culture and time, I think it’s only natural that the mosques do as well.

Also, I’ve noticed that most of the TJ-designed masjids are extremely well designed and practical. I can’t stand mosques with extremely high ceilings that cost so much to heat (major problem in Canada), while all that extra space could’ve easily been used for a second floor to accommodate hundreds of additional worshippers. I haven’t seen this in most of the primarily Tablighi masjids, where function is preferred over form.

By: Usayd

Usayd — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:40:01 +0000

oh my word, that thing is ugly.

By: KashifN

KashifN — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:34:58 +0000

“Apart from anything else, the upward pressure on house prices is likely to price a lot of local Muslims out of the market, making it something of a white elephant.”

I don’t think that will be an issue, because the masjid is going to be run by the TJs, so you can expect Muslims from different parts of the world stopping off at this new mosque for a week, month, or 40 days…