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Post by pieter on Jun 15, 2019 10:37:58 GMT -7
Turkish Dutch Muslims attack the leader of the Dutch Pegida, Edwin Wagensveld during a Pegida demonstration in front of a mosque in Eindhoven Netherlands.A Pegida (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident) Netherlands demonstration in front of a mosque in the city of Eindhoven resulted in the furious reaction of Muslim migrantsDutch citizens of Eindhoven felt threatened by the violent migrant mob who smashed car windows, the windows of houses and stuggled with the riot police. Other Muslims condemned the violence and vandalism as an un-Islamic act and stayed peaceful and didn't respond towards the Pegida provocation (s). Pegida Netherlamds is known for provocative actions in front of mosques, like shouting anti-Islam slogans like "The Netherlands free of Islam", "Stop the Islamization of the Netherlands", "Mohammed is a pedophile", and having barbecue's there with pig meat wearing Pig hats. Pegida Netherlands activists with Pig headsA mass crowd of Muslim migrants (Dutch Turks and Dutch Moroccans, see the Turkish and Moroccan flags) prevent a Pegida demonstration near a Turkish Dutch mosque in RotterdamDemonstration of Dutch Turks in Oud-Woensel a neighbourhood in the borough Woensel-Zuid in the city Eindhoven, preventing a Pegida demonstration. Pegida leader Edwin Wagensveld protested this borough. The Pegida Leader Edwin Wagensveld says; "I want the right to demonstration, it is very clear, you have to clear the streets of every one who is not ethnic native Dutch, and then the demonstration can take place."
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Post by pieter on Jun 15, 2019 11:48:23 GMT -7
Pegida Leader Edwin Wagensveld's worldview is close to that of Geert Wilders of the Freedom Party (PVV)
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Post by pieter on Jun 15, 2019 12:20:19 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jun 15, 2019 12:20:25 GMT -7
The Turkish Sunni Muslim Wester Mosque in AmsterdamWester Mosque in AmsterdamYoung Turkish Muslim boy reading the Quran on the other side of the chanal opposite to the Wester Mosque in AmsterdamWestermoskee (Turkish: Ayasofya Camii; English: Western Mosque) is a mosque in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is situated on the bank of the canalized river Schinkel in the Chassébuurt in De Baarsjes in the borough of Amsterdam-West. The building was designed by French traditional architects Marc and Nada Breitman. Construction started in 2013 and the building was completed in 2015. The mosque was unofficially opened on 1 April 2016. With a floor surface of 800 m² and a capacity of 1700 people, it is the largest mosque in the Netherlands.The Turkish Sunni Muslim Wester Mosque in AmsterdamThe Turkish Sunni Muslim Wester Mosque in AmsterdamThe interior of the Turkish Sunni Muslim Wester Mosque in Amsterdam
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Post by pieter on Jun 15, 2019 13:37:49 GMT -7
Mosques in RotterdamThe Essalam MosqueThe Essalam Mosque in the Southern Rotterdam neighbourhood of Feijenoord, near the Feijenoord soccer club football stadium the Kuip.The Essalam mosque is a large mosque in the Feijenoord district of Rotterdam, near the De Kuip football stadium. The prayer house is the largest mosque in the Netherlands. Due to its size, the mosque strongly defines the neighborhood. The dome is 25 meters high and the minarets are 50 meters high.BackgroundThe original Essalam mosque was founded in 1987 but soon proved too small for the 2500-strong community. The construction of a new prayer house lasted from 2003 to 2010 and has been associated with many problems, with construction regularly stagnating. The Essalam Mosque was finally opened on December 17, 2010. A misunderstanding is that the mosque would be the largest in Europe. In Western Europe, Rome, Paris, Évry and London have larger mosques.
The Essalam mosque was designed by Dutch architect Wilfried van Winden. The design is based on the so-called media concept (after the architecture of the large mosque in Medina) and builds in style on the tradition of, among other things, the fifteenth-century Mamluk architecture in Cairo. The building consists of three interlocked spaces: the prominent entrance portal on the west side, the main room in the middle and the semicircular mihrab (prayer niche indicating the direction of Mecca) on the southeast side. The three spaces are crowned with domes. The façade is clad with colored natural stone slabs and has accents in nuanced blue-gray stone.Problems with constructionIn 1999, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, a conservative sheikh from the United Arab Emirates, promises to contribute 4 million euros to the financing of the mosque. On several occasions, the municipality of Rotterdam, through Hamit Karakus, threatened to withdraw the permit to break the impasse caused by conflicts between the mosque administration and the contractors. Internally, the believers during the construction were also strongly divided. In July 2008, the police had to curb about 150 angry "believers." The total construction costs of the mosque are around 7 million euros.FinancingThe Fortuynist Populist political party Livable Rotterdam (Leefbaar Rotterdam) pointed out during construction that the mosque may have been financed with money from dubious sources. A number of believers are opposed to foreign financing of the mosque of the Al Maktoum Foundation, more specifically to financing from Dubai. In the end, five of these opponents of foreign influence received a mosque ban in the event of a high-rise conflict. This ban related to the current prayer building of the religious community. The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) also investigated the financing of the new construction of the mosque. As a result, imam Karrat resigned on December 21, 2018. Comparison with largest Dutch churchIn 2007 and 2008, at the same time as the largest mosque in the Netherlands, the largest church in the Netherlands was built, De Hoeksteen in Barneveld.
The floor space of the church is 5050 m², the height of the church and it's dome is 21 and a half meter, height of the church tower 47 meter, amount of church seats 2.550, with 3.563 members of the church community, 30.000 m² of the total terrain, parking space for700 cars. The church costed 10,500,000,- Euro. In comparison with the church the floor space of the Essalam Mosque is 2,600 m²², the height of the mosque and it's dome is 25 meter, the height of the mosques minraretes are 50 meter, amount of mosque seats are 1,500, with 2,500 members of the Mosque community, 800 m² of the total terrain, parking space for 200 cars. The mosque costed 7,000,000 Euro.The Essalam Mosque in the Southern Rotterdam.The (Protestant) Reformed Hoeksteen church in BarneveldDe Hoeksteen (The Cornerstone) church lies in Barneveld in the Veluwe region of the Dutch province of Gelderland in the Bible Belt of the Netherlands. The Protestant church is the second largest church building in the Netherlands. It is used by the congregation of the Gereformeerde Gemeenten in Nederland (Reformed Communities in the Netherlands), a highly conservative denomination. The church services are conducted using exclusively the Statenvertaling (Dutch for States Translation) of the Bible.
The Bible Belt of the Netherlands stretches from Zeeland, through the West-Betuwe and Veluwe, to the northern parts of the province Overijssel. In this region, orthodox Calvinists prevail.The interior of the Reformed Hoeksteen church in BarneveldOther Mosques in RotterdamPaskistan Islamic centre mosqueOthman Mosque Rotterdam in a common buildingOthman Mosque RotterdamAya Sofia mosque in an old School building in RotterdamAya Sofia mosque in RotterdamAn-Nasr-Mosque in RotterdamMasjid Al Noor Mosque in Rotterdam in a buildingISN Ulu Mosgue in normal Dutch brick building in RotterdamThe Surinamese Sunni Muslim Heindijk Mosque in an old school buildingThe square in front of the Surinamese Heindijk Mosque a former primary school play groundInterior of the Surinamese Heindijk Mosque
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Post by karl on Jun 15, 2019 13:58:46 GMT -7
Pieter
Quite a difference between different mosques such as the rich Turkish Sunnie Wester Mosque in Amsterdam in contrast to lesser Mosque such as Aya Sofia Mosque in Rotterdam. To this is the thought that comes to mind: Who is footing the bill and for who and for what?
But then, to each comes the rewards..
Karl
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Post by pieter on Jun 15, 2019 14:25:51 GMT -7
The Mevlana Mosque (Dutch: Mevlanamoskee; Turkish: Mevlana Camii) is a mosque in northwestern Rotterdam, Netherlands which serves mainly Turkish-Dutch Muslims. The mosque, named after Rumi, was built in 2001 and benefits from two minarets. The mosque was voted as Rotterdam's most attractive building in 2006.The Gultepe Camii Mosque in RotterdamThe Gultepe Camii Mosque in RotterdamThe enterence of the Moroccan Islamic Association of RotterdamMasjid Al Mohsinin mosque in a building in RotterdamFoundation mosque Omar BNI-el Khetab in RotterdamThis poster was used to gather funds for the AyaSofya-mosque in Rotterdam of then Turkish Milli Görüs ("National Outlook" or "National Vision") religio-political movement branch in Rotterdam. Source: Moslimkrant (Muslim newspaper)
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Post by pieter on Jun 15, 2019 14:35:13 GMT -7
And the in the city of UtrechtThe Ulu Mosque in Utrecht is located at the Mosque square; the first square or street in the Netherlands named after an Islamic religious building. Besides the Islamic prayer hall, the building also host a room for contemplation for people from any other denomination. The board of the mosque decided to create such a room, unique in the world, since the neighborhood surrounding the mosque has also a substantial Christian and Jewish population. There are some shops at ground floor level. The mosque is maintained by the Islamitische Stichting Nederland (a branch of the Sunni-Turkish directorate Diyanet). Funding is however based on donations from the Turkish communities in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. The main prayer room is at the second floor, and has two large balconies for women. The glass brick minarets are lighted with light after sunset. The mosque was formally opened in October 2015.
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Post by pieter on Jun 15, 2019 14:40:12 GMT -7
Islamic foundation Alfitrah in UtrechtIslamic foundation Alfitrah in UtrechtIslamic foundation Alfitrah in Utrecht
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Post by pieter on Jun 15, 2019 14:45:26 GMT -7
Mosque "Essalaam" at the Camminghaplantsoen in Utrecht Hoograven. Build in 2004. In front of the mosque, in the water, there is a sculpture of an iceskater made by Piet Esser in 1961.Mosque "Essalaam" at the Camminghaplantsoen in Utrecht Hoograven
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Post by pieter on Jun 15, 2019 14:49:47 GMT -7
Omar Al-Farouk Mosque in UtrechtThe Omar-al-Farouk mosque is a mosque for the Moroccan community in the green and spacious Overvecht neighborhood in the North-East of the Dutch town of Utrecht.
The Omar-Al-Farouk mosque is a mosque on the Winterboeidreef in Utrecht. The building was originally built as the Roman Catholic Emmaüskerk.Emmaus churchThe Emmaüsparochie was founded in 1962 for the Catholics in the new housing estate Overvecht. The pastor was W. Span. The first years a kindergarten and an emergency church on the Donaudreef were used. In 1966-1967 the modernist church building on the Winterboeidreef was built, after a design by J.P.I. Maas, from Kraayenvanger agency. The church had 750 seats. On September 23, 1967, the church was consecrated by Cardinal Bernardus Alfrink. This was one of the last completely new Roman Catholic churches that was built in the Netherlands.El Sunna and Omar al-Farouk mosqueThe number of parishioners in the church fell sharply in the 1970s, so that the preservation of the church building was no longer profitable. The building was sold in December 1982 to the Appèl op Islam Foundation. The last celebration was on January 9, 1983. The parish moved to the Protestant Johannes Church on the Moselle Dreef. After this, the church was rebuilt in 1985 into the El Sunna mosque, nowadays the Omar-al-Farouk mosque, for the Moroccan community in Overvecht. The design and implementation in connection with the conversion from church to mosque was led by the Dutch architect Latief Perotti.Omar Al-Farouk Mosque in the Winterboeidreef street 2 in UtrechtOmar Al-Farouk Mosque in UtrechtMuslim man on his way to the Omar Al-Farouk Mosque in the Winterboeidreef street 2 in Utrecht
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Post by pieter on Jun 15, 2019 15:16:51 GMT -7
The Islamic Center for the Netherlands FoundationThe Islamic Center for the Netherlands Foundation is a Dutch religious-social non-profit organization and was established in 1972. The foundation acts as a national consultation and support platform for 47 local member organizations in the Netherlands. With the arrival of labor migrants in the sixties and seventies, there has been a need to organize religious gatherings in the new homeland. Over the years, the organization has developed further and has expanded and intensified its range of activities. Its core objectives and tasks are: advocacy of the Islamic community in general and of the affiliated organizations in particular, service center for affiliated organizations, religious services when it comes to religious matters such as worship, silence rooms, pilgrimage, dying guidance, religious education, supporting the education and education of young people and promoting mutual contacts between citizens of the Netherlands.
SICN is affiliated with the Contact Body Muslims and Government (CMO) and the Consultation Body Turks in the Netherlands (IOT).In it's own words the Islamic Center Utrecht Ondiep Foundation has developed over the years as an important Islamic center for Muslims and non-Muslims in Utrecht Ondiep. In addition to the religious function, the foundation plays an important role as a socio-cultural meeting center for Muslims in Utrecht Ondiep.
Another important part of the foundation's activities is offering educational, emancipatory and cultural activities. This makes the foundation more than just a place of prayer, but as an Islamic center it also serves as a bridge between Muslims and non-Muslims in society.
For non-Muslims, the foundation is the information center where people can get in touch with Muslims and get information about Islam. In the current period in which extremist Islam has been put in the spotlight worldwide and the negative perception of Islam has grown strongly, we consider this bridging function of great importance.
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Post by pieter on Jun 15, 2019 16:11:24 GMT -7
Next to the mosques I mentioned above here you have the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha'at Islam mosque and community, the Islamic Foundation Lombok, the Foundation alFitrah Utrecht, the Islamic Cultural Centre of Leidsche Rijn, the Council of Moroccan Mosques in the Netherlands, the El Fath mosque, the Eyüp Sultan Mosque and the Foudation SMJ (Youth social services organisation) in Utrecht.
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Post by pieter on Jun 15, 2019 16:22:56 GMT -7
Mosques in Eindhoven in the Southern Brabant Province in the NetherlandsEindhoven Central Mosque, the Fatih mosqueThe Fatih mosque is a mosque in the Dutch city of Eindhoven, at Willemstraat 67.
This mosque serves the Turkish Islamic community, which from 1973 used the former Reformed Oosterkerk (church). The current mosque was inaugurated in 1989 and was the first mosque built in Ottoman style in Northern Europe. The complex has a stylus minaret and a large dome, flanked by a number of smaller domes.
The mosque fulfills a social function, also to the city of Eindhoven. Nowadays the mosque is illuminated on the outside, with a tulip on the minaret, to illustrate the connection between Turkey (where the tulip comes from) and the Netherlands.Eindhoven Central Mosque, the Fatih mosqueThe Al-Fourqaan mosque is a salafi Islamic mosque in which is part of Al-fourqaan Islamic Center in Eindhoven, Netherlands.The mosque has held seminars on Islamic law organized by the Saudi based al-Waqf al-Islami Foundation.
The mosque received media attention since 2005 for its jihadist imam Eisha Bersham from Bosnia. Intelligence service AIVD classified him as a threat to national security, and minister for integration and immigration Rita Verdonk responded by banning him from the country as an 'unwanted foreigner'. Initially an Amsterdam court ruled that the imam could stay, but on 27 April 2007 the Council of State finally ruled Bersham would be banned from the Netherlands for the next ten years.
Two other men regularly prayed in the Al-Fourqaan mosque; Ahmed El Bakiouli and Khalid El Hassnoui. They were reportedly recruited by Algerian terrorist group Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat to fight in the holy war. They were both killed in Kashmir (India) where Muslims have been fighting a separatist war.The Al-Fourqaan mosque in Eindhoven
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Post by pieter on Jun 15, 2019 16:33:49 GMT -7
Building of the Arrahmaan Mosque in Eindhoven, Brabant, Southern-NetherlandsThe front of the Arrahmaan Mosque in Eindhoven, when it will be finishedChildren in the Arrahmaan Mosque in EindhovenThe present (old) Arrahmaan Mosque in Eindhoven. The new built mosque will replace this one.
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