Friday 6 November 2015

Letter to 'Midlands Today' re Dudley Central Mosque

Dear Editor

Could your reporter please explain, in replying to this e-mail, why there was a ten year legal dispute over the land.  Why was it so controversial?  Why could the land not be sold to the Muslims?  What was so unsuitable with the land at Hall Street, please?  The reporter failed to explain.

Could your reporter also explain, as he did not do so in his report, why the council is so reluctant to let them build their own brand new mosque, as other neighbouring councils have done.  Has the council been intimidated by the EDL, in his opinion?

I think your vox pop interviews with people like me who know little about the issue, is not at all helpful when the reporter could have used the time to throw some light on the matter.  His report was in danger of fueling anti-Muslim feeling and prejudice against Islam, when this has been all too frequent with the demonstrations in Dudley.

Why was there no interview with the leader of the Dudley Muslims?  You did interviews with two people from the mosque and three people picked at random off the streets.  One man even said there were too many mosques but not enough churches that completely missed the point of Dudley Council recognising that the old Victorian primary school, as Dudley Central Mosque, was wholly inadequate and unfit for purpose!

Please let us have interviews with people who know what they are talking about - only!

The model of the mosque shown had a dome and a minaret.  However, one Dudley councillor told me that, under revised plans to please the objectors the Muslims, in a spirit of reconciliation and compromise, had excluded both in the most recent plan.  Is this correct?

Here was poor reporting by the BBC on a clear issue of justice for the Muslim community in our borough.

I would be glad of a response, please.

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