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"As are the Muslims. The foundation is privately funded. It sounds like they were having problems with permits and the like"

Yeah, "privately funded" by Saudi Arabia, who is the main source of which Muslim radicalism has grown from seeds planted in Saudi-financed religious centers through out Europe. Last year Dalil Boubakeur, head of the Mosque of Paris, after the victory of the UOIF(L’Union des Organisations Islamiques de France - Union of Islamic Organizations of France) claimed in Le Monde in the wake of his receiving Saudi money:

"Dalil Boubakeur, head of the Mosque of Paris, recently stopped attacking “Wahhabi fundamentalism”. He is no longer crying about the money, which he lacks... Those days are long gone. The Mosque of Paris, will not only be the beneficiary of government support to finance its renovations, but it will also be able to rely on Saudi petro-dollars... The Saudi financing, which was already approved in principle, led to a confrontation between the Interior Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry does not hesitate to characterize the deal in non-diplomatic language: “Abysmal retardation”, as the Saudis never give without receiving something in return... The Interior Ministry, which usually seeks to encourage “French Islam” turned a blind eye with no pangs of conscience. The information was provided by the Saudi periodical, al-Medina, and was confirmed for Le-Monde by multiple sources)."

Last year the Greek government approved of the first state recognized mosque to be build in Greece - RIGHT NEXT TO ONE OF GREECE's MAJOR AIRPORTs NO LESS - and it would have been funded by guess who - YUP, you got it our friendly neighbor King Fahd Foundation of Saudi Arabia, one of the main source of the spread of Muslim radicalism. The government set aside land in Peania which is a suburb of Athen's - 20 km north of the city center and NEAR the Athens International Airport. They'd have it made - they can just take pop shots at airplanes from the mosque and claim "religious sanctuary" afterwards. But the Mayor of Peania, Greece told them all to go pound sand so the deal never went though. I don't know what these politicians are thinking at times.