Saudi Arabia Vows To Build 200 Mosques In Germany : Very Good Move

[ParmQ]

Amid Muslim Refugee Crisis, Saudi Arabia Vows To Build 200 Mosques In Germany

 

Saudi Arabia offered to build 200 mosques for Muslim refugees in Germany. Above, three women talk inside the mosque during the opening of an info center for the prevention of Islamic extremism at Sehitlik mosque in Berlin, Germany Aug. 18, 2015. Reuters/Stefanie Loos

Saudi Arabia has offered to build 200 mosques in Germany to accommodate the wave of Muslim refugees there if German authorities permit, according to media reports Thursday. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans and other asylum seekers from countries in North Africa and the Middle East have sought refuge in Europe in recent months.

The Lebanese newspaper Ad-Diyar first reported the offer last week, citing a request by a committee of sheikhs. Saudi Arabia also vowed to donate at least $200 million, according to the Lebanese paper, although whether that was to support the refugees or to build the suggested mosques was unclear.

 

 

The proposal comes amid growing accusations of hypocrisy directed toward the wealthy gulf nation and its neighbors for taking in few, if any, refugees from the ongoing four-year civil war in Syria, even as they funnel support to groups fighting there. In 2014, Saudi Arabia accepted just 561 refugees and 100 asylum seekers, according to the United Nations, the Wall Street Journal reported. Fewer still found refuge in Qatar and Bahrain. Germany, by contrast, has said it will accept 800,000 refugees, and countries bordering Syria--Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey--have officially taken in hundreds of thousands of refugees each.

Proposals for building mosques have an uneasy history in Germany. In July, when an Islamic center decided to convert a church in northern Germany into a mosque to accommodate its expanding following, locals protested. The Christian Democratic Union party requested the church not be changed, while one pastor recommended razing the building, the New York Times reported.

In 2012, a mega mosque built by Turkey in Cologne sparked pushback as well. Islamic Turkish Associations were there "to challenge the sovereignty of Christianity in Cologne," Michael Höhne-Pattberg, identified as an anti-jihad activist, told CBN news at the time. Other locals in towns where Muslims populations were growing similarly criticized what they called the "Islamization" of their town.

 

 

 

Saudi Arabia offers Germany 200 mosques – one for every 100 refugees who arrived last weekend

 

 

The kingdom has faced criticism over its response to the crisis

 

Saudi Arabia has reportedly responded to the growing number of people fleeing the Middle East for western Europe – by offering to build 200 mosques in Germany.

Syria’s richer Gulf neighbours have been accused of not doing their fair share in the humanitarian crisis, with Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and the UAE also keeping their doors firmly shut to asylum-seekers.

According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, which quoted a report in the Lebanese newspaper Al Diyar, Saudi Arabia would build one mosque for every 100 refugees who entered Germany in extraordinary numbers last weekend.

It would be unfair to suggest that the Gulf Arab states have done nothing to help the estimated four million Syrians who have fled their country since the start of the conflict in 2011.

Just this week, the al Hayat newspaper reported that 500,000 Syrians had found homes in Saudi Arabia since the civil war began – as workers, not refugees.

There have also been significant contributions from rich individuals towards the upkeep of refugee camps round the Syrian border, estimated by the BBC to total around $900 million (£600 million).

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But amid a history of competition between the Gulf states and Iranian-allied nations, there is a deep fear that allowing an influx of Syrian refugees could also let in Syrians loyal to Bashar al-Assad.

There also exists a more general concern about demographic change, leaving the states opposed to the idea of welcoming refugees. In the UAE, foreign nationals already outnumber citizens by more than five to one.

Back in Germany, Angela Merkel welcomed two refugee families at a home for asylum-seekers in the Berlin suburb of Spandau on Thursday.

 

 

She told reporters after the visit: “Their integration will certainly take place in part via the children, who will learn German very quickly in kindergarten. And I hope and believe that the great majority will want to learn our language very quickly.”

Whether she will welcome Saudi Arabia’s reported offer, which Al Diyar noted would “have to go through the federal authorities”, remains to be seen.

 

[kiladi bullodu]

bokkalo good move refuges ni tesukookunda endi idhi

 

ippudeu germany ki kastalu start avthaye

 

another paatha basthi in making

[Hitman]

Refugees kosam mosque build cheyyadam endo? ante permanent ga vallani mosque lo unchi poshistara?

[micxas]

:3D_Smiles:

[SamosaChai]

bokkalo good move refuges ni tesukookunda endi idhi

 

ippudeu germany ki kastalu start avthaye

 

another paatha basthi in making

 

[SamosaChai]

Cement sheds veyachu kada temporary ga..... mosque ayitey valla religion spread chedam ani....thokkam emi kaadu

[SamosaChai]

First saudi saley gallani refugee ne allow chestey better.....verey country lo bodi pethanam ento

[ParmQ]

Calling missions XP and co. Ravaali ravaali :D :D. Lol refugees vacchi one month kooda kaaledhu

 

IS - Sunni Muslim (Wahabi/Deobandi)

Saudi Arabia - Wahabi

IS And Wahabi Victims- Non-muslims (& minorities) like Yezidi/Daasin and Christians

Refugee Seeking - Sunni Muslims

 

Lol, the oppressor is seeking the refugee ..and you are all supporting. How man? I still don't get this logic at all? Ahaa..how?

 

 

 

Nenu aa BBC vaani la matladadam le. I support fully for Tamil refugees (& boarder less world). Because that was valid one. But not this kind of migration. These people and destroy the beautiful and liberal systems. Tube bombing in London was okay, attacks on Danish cartoonist was okay, but Three days of terror - Charlie Hebdo attack has changed many people's mindset. I am one of them.

[micxas]

think_ww

Calling missions XP and co. Ravaali ravaali :D :D. Lol refugees vacchi one month kooda kaaledhu

 

IS - Sunni Muslim (Wahabi/Deobandi)

Saudi Arabia - Wahabi

IS And Wahabi Victims- Non-muslims (& minorities) like Yezidi/Daasin and Christians

Refugee Seeking - Sunni Muslims

 

Lol, the oppressor is seeking the refugee ..and you are all supporting. How man? I still don't get this logic at all? Ahaa..how?

 

 

 

Nenu aa BBC vaani la matladadam le. I support fully for Tamil refugees (& boarder less world). Because that was valid one. But not this kind of migration. These people and destroy the beautiful and liberal systems. Tube bombing in London was okay, attacks on Danish cartoonist was okay, but Three days of terror - Charlie Hebdo attack has changed many people's mindset. I am one of them.

 

[Gowtham7777]

Never underestimate Germans, they will create neo-nazis and eliminate them if anything went wrong..........

 

i don't understand why Middle east is playing games with Germans.......

[Dr_sheldoncooper2]

ee turaaaka llllaannnjaaaaa kodddukullllani sampeste bagundu ... we want hitalar ...

[rikki]

good move? its like we cant help you..u find a place where u want to stay we will give u brics..wtf camel fcukers

[andhravodu]

bokkalo good move refuges ni tesukookunda endi idhi

ippudeu germany ki kastalu start avthaye

another paatha basthi in making

[andhravodu]

good move? its like we cant help you..u find a place where u want to stay we will give u brics..wtf camel fcukers

[ParmQ]

good move? its like we cant help you..u find a place where u want to stay we will give u brics..wtf camel fcukers

 

Baa ....every 100 refugees ki oka Mosque anta. The refugees can stay, eat and pray in Mosque kadha. And they will be very happy and embrace these mosques.