ailamos Posted April 9, 2010 A group of British Muslims demanded an apology from the Ministry of Defense on Thursday after it said replica mosques were being used on a military firing range in northern England. The Bradford Council for Mosques (BCM), an umbrella organization for faith schools and mosques in the area, called for the green-domed structures to be taken down and wanted assurance they would not be used again. “The structures do symbolize mosques,” BCM spokesman Ishtiaq Ahmed told Reuters. “Mosques are our places of worship, they are places of peace, and for anyone to suggest that they are potential zones of danger and should be shot at is really not acceptable.” The one-dimensional hardboard structures in Catterick, North Yorkshire, are not used as direct targets, but are intended to provide a more “realistic” background for soldiers training ahead of deployment in Afghanistan, a military source said. Other “generic eastern silhouettes” used include palm trees and irrigation ditches. But the BCM’s Ahmed said the site did not bear any resemblance to what British forces were experiencing in Afghanistan. “If they had a replica of a street or a village in Afghanistan with a mosque as a kind of location point we would understand that, but these are simply six or seven structures in the direct shooting line which anyone looking at would come to the obvious conclusion that they are mosques.” About 9,500 British troops are currently stationed in Afghanistan as part of the US-led coalition fighting an increasingly bloody Taleban insurgency. The Ministry of Defense apologized for any offence, saying it was never the intention for the structures to look like or replicate mosques. “We are seeking a meeting with representatives from the Muslim community to hear their concerns in order to discuss the way forward,” a spokesman said in a statement. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sherban Shabeel Posted April 9, 2010 That's BS. Vices introduce themselves, they don't need people to introduce them, and to blame it all on piracy is plain simplistic thinking. These are just the jealous cats who aren't getting any money. I bet Prez Farole would like nothing more than to jump in a skiff and get some pirate money, but he can't because he's the President of PL. Can you blame him? Hell, I'd like nothing more than to jump in a skiff and get some pirate money. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ailamos Posted April 9, 2010 Sorry Sherban, I had to change the thread because I double posted it... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blessed Posted April 9, 2010 The timing is fantastic, just a day after they call for more Muslims to join the army. :rolleyes: It was never our intention for these generic structures to look like or replicate mosques Generic my foot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sherban Shabeel Posted April 9, 2010 lol where's the pirate thread now? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Valenteenah. Posted April 9, 2010 The current level of anti-Islamic sentiment is incredible. I was watching an analytical report on Iran's nuclear programme the other day and one of the interviewees, an 'expert' of some kind said if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, an 'Islamic bomb', it would be catastrophic. Fantastic, huh? Iranian weapons are religious! Wonder what kind of Christians American nukes are? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
