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Fiona Hamilton and Ruth Gledhill wrote in the times 18 Jan.

“Newham Council is now considering compulsory purchase of the land after Tablighi Jamaat, whose strict interpretation of Islam has caused concern, failed to lodge a masterplan of its vision.”

Alan Craig has responded to the news with the following statement:

"It's a big step forward, but not the end of the story. It could be a lengthy legal process and it's clear that Tablighi Jamaat continue to want the mosque"

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6991808.ece

Campaigner Cllr Alan Craig speaks at London Muslim 'Big Debate on Islamification' together with panel representatives from Political Islam, BNP and the British Humanist Association

Sean O'Neill, The Times’ Crime and Security Editor wrote recently,

“Almost without exception, the Walthamstow bombers were Tablighi followers. They sometimes went to huge Friday night (should read Thursday night) gatherings in West Ham on the site beside the 2012 Olympic Park where the sect wants to build Europe's biggest mosque with space for 12,000 people to pray....”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6818794.ece

Newham Council "has allowed Islamic sect to use site unlawfully for three years"
A call has been made for Newham Council in east London to take enforcement action against Tablighi Jamaat, the neo-fundamentalist Islamic sect closely linked to a number of the men convicted yesterday in the Atlantic airline terror plot.

The sect plans to build a 12,000 capacity mega-mosque on a 18 acre site that it owns at West Ham, half a mile from the 2012 London Olympic stadium.

Islamic group must provide more information

In the first-ever survey of local opinion about the mega-mosque proposed for West Ham, close to the site of the 2012 Olympics stadium, nearly 7 in 10 Newham residents (68%) said they would prefer a mixed-use development of houses, shops and community facilities to the 12,000-capacity religious complex proposed for the site by Islamic sect Tablighi Jamaat.

In the survey undertaken by ComRes, nearly 6 in 10 of Muslim residents in Newham (58%) also said they would prefer a mixed-use development for the site.

Come and have a look at three options offered to residents at Have-Your-Say event organised by opposition campaign group

A children’s entertainer - and a bouncy castle - will greet Newham residents this weekend at a local consultation about the controversial mega-mosque proposed for West Ham, close to the site of the 2012 Olympic stadium.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/3222602/Olympic-mosq...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4719986.ece

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23552824-details/%27Revie...

This article first appeared in The Times on 29 April 2008.

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