No New Church without a Mosque, Macedonian Officials Warned

Balkanalysis.com ^ | 1/27/08 | Staff

[RightWhale]

Sounds like around here: no new church without adequate parking.

[G8 Diplomat]

Hmmm ok then can we have no new mosque without a church in Saudi Arabia??

[airborne]

Stand up to ‘em or back down to ‘em.

The line has been drawn in the sand.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Resurrecting a mosque in the area would certainly change the ambience.

And folks....that there is THE understatement of the year 2008. Bar none and all to come.

[Kolokotronis]

“A Macedonian journalist interested in asking builders about a mosque that was being constructed in a Christian majority neighborhood of Skopje two years ago was threatened at gunpoint. Islamic officials controlling funds from letting properties and for building works have been associated with the radical Wahhabi movement in the past, and tend to be very secretive.

The suspicion that much of the new mosques are being built with Saudi money is evidenced in places such as the village of Saraj, just west of the capital, where one garish mosque adorned with Saudi-style double minarets stands besides the highway; another is currently under construction adjacent to it. When asked about the source of funding for the former mosque, a local imam stated that it had all been accomplished through local donations- the usual, and impossible to verify, response in such cases.”

Well, BB, if that running dog of Albanian irredentist Mohammedanism, the vile McCain, is elected president, they will be able to openly brag that the money comes from idiotic American taxpayers who, having bought into Bush’s “Islam is the Religion of Peace”, then went on to elect the best friend of Mohammedan terrorism the Balkans have ever seen.

[Bokababe]

"Sprawling Kondovo, backed by wooded hills leading north toward the porous Kosovo border, is the site of the country’s main madrassah. The 40km highway from Skopje to Tetovo, flanked by these and several other Albanian Muslim villages, is one of the most heavily trafficked stretches of road in the country and the route that most tourists take when going to the tourist destination of Lake Ohrid. Stocking this span of highway with mosques, as has already partially been accomplished, is a priority for Islamists looking to ‘mark their territory’ in a way that will be visually overpowering. The IVZ’s desire to rebuild the Burmali Mosque in the center of Skopje mirrors, and even exceeds this goal, given that it will be both highly visible, audible and also frequented by observant Muslims, dramatically changing the general experience of the city center for locals and tourists alike."

"peaceful, moderate Albanian Muslims" -- my behind!

[Bokababe]

"Well, BB, if that running dog of Albanian irredentist Mohammedanism, the vile McCain, is elected president, they will be able to openly brag that the money comes from idiotic American taxpayers who, having bought into Bush’s “Islam is the Religion of Peace”, then went on to elect the best friend of Mohammedan terrorism the Balkans have ever seen."

McCain and Clinton, two sides of the same coin and actually should be "running mates". Both Clinton & McCain facilitated this ever-expanding Wahhabism in Eastern Europe. And yet, most people are focused on Obama being "too Muslim-friendly". What a joke!

[SatinDoll]

Methinks the Serbs had the right idea back in the nineties.

Looking back now, I wouldn’t call it ethnic cleansing. No, today I’ld have called it pestilence control.

[Kolokotronis]

"Both Clinton & McCain facilitated this ever-expanding Wahhabism in Eastern Europe."

Either in this regard, and I suppose a number of others, would make fitting successors to Bush.

"And yet, most people are focused on Obama being "too Muslim-friendly". What a joke!"

Why would American political zealots, so very convinced of their own exceptionalism, ever want to listen to people who have dealt with this for 750 years? Fools.

[chuckles]

The Serbs were also on OUR side in WWII and helped our flyboys escape. The Muzzies were for the Nazi’s.We screwed up big time when Klintoon bombed the wrong people.

[kromike]

If I was a Macedonian official and heard this threat, I'd wiggle my hands and say, "ooooooh, I'm so scared. What are ya gonna do if we don't let you? Bomb us?"

Eh. That wouldn't be a good idea. I'd be hauled before the International Cangaroo Court, charged with hate crimes against...ahem..."humanity" and summarily executed.

All within 24 hours.

[toothfairy86]

I saw PLENTY of new mosques in Macedonia when I was there. The Orthodox are only trying to rebuild the churches that were damaged or destroyed in the 1963 earthquake. When I was staying with relatives in Struga, I was awakened every morning by the “call to prayer” of the nearby mosque. Struga is a beautiful city, but there is only one small, rocky beach where non-Muslims are permitted to swim.

[Deo volente]

Hmmm...let’s see: warnings, threats, kidnappings, beheadings, homicide bombings, assassinations...

Yep, that’s some peaceful religion there!

[Bokababe]

"When I was staying with relatives in Struga, I was awakened every morning by the “call to prayer” of the nearby mosque."

The weird part is that when I was in Egypt back in the mid-1980's, I used to think that this Muslim call to prayer was a strangely beautiful thing -- how everyone stopped what ever they were doing, took out their prayer rugs even in the middle of the street, and prayed to God. Amazing devotion.

But now, after having studied what Islam really is re child-molesting, lying to non-Muslims being OK, the political angle, etc, and seeing all the strife with others adherents of a non-Moslem religion wherever Muslims are in sufficient numbers, it makes me sick.

In spite of that, we had a (non-Balkan) secular Muslim at out table at Serbian Christmas -- he was the best friend of my best friend's son. He is a very sweet kid who couldn't get enough of "Christmas", stood with us as we said our prayers and has suffered much abuse since 9/11, so how could I be anything but kind to him?

[gitmogrunt]

Last time I checked,There is no moral equivalency between Christianity and Islam.

[isrul]

Mosques should not be built anywhere in the civilized world.

[Bokababe]

"Last time I checked,There is no moral equivalency between Christianity and Islam."

Not specifically sure what you are referring to. As a Christian, I am called to be decent and loving to all in spite of differences -- and that is not always easy. I wasn't at war with that kid. And my first trip to Egypt was before I understood Islamic teachings -- other than knowing Islam's bloody history in the Balkans.

[Sir Gawain]

Let them build a mosque so it can be burned to the ground.