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New mosque in Ankara makes faces frown
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1.       Trudy
7887 posts
 21 Aug 2008 Thu 04:31 pm

Plans to build a huge mosque in the Turkish capital Ankara lead to many critical comments. According to Turkish newspapers, who call it the VIP-mosque, it will be a mega building dat must become a mix between modern and classical architecture. Turkish newspaper Hürriyet said they will start building the mosque in October and it´ll cost ten million Euro. There are special facilities for prominents, so the building-to-be has already the name of being the ´government mosque´. The newspapers say the mosque offers space to 15.000 believers, the Ministry of Religion Affairs say it are ´only´ 5.000.

 

The mosque is planned nearby the ministry so at least 1.000 employees of the ministry can use it. So far employees used a sports hall. An underground subway should connect the ministry with the mosque.

 

Especially the fact that there will be special entrances and space for ritual washing for prominents is reason for much commotion.  

 

Source: lokum.nl

2.       gencturk
326 posts
 21 Aug 2008 Thu 05:44 pm

 

Quoting Trudy

it´ll cost ten billion Euro.

Typo surely, it is million.

3.       Trudy
7887 posts
 21 Aug 2008 Thu 05:45 pm

 

Quoting gencturk

Typo surely, it is million.

 

 Yes, sorry, I´ll correct it.

4.       Cacık
296 posts
 21 Aug 2008 Thu 06:28 pm

I don´t agree with building this at that cost.  There are thousands upon thousands of mosques here and from any view in Ankara you can see so many minarets very close together as you can in Istanbul, surely there are enough mosques already.  Especially when you look at the debt the government has, the poverty in places in Ankara and indeed throughout Turkey. 

 

I am not against a place of worship being built but when there are already plenty around, and to make a VIP style place, and to spen millions when there are homeless people in need, many schools with no facilities, SSK hospitals with dreadful wards and a lack of facilities - I think it is an outrage.

5.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 21 Aug 2008 Thu 06:31 pm

 

Quoting Cacık

I don´t agree with building this at that cost. There are thousands upon thousands of mosques here and from any view in Ankara you can see so many minarets very close together as you can in Istanbul, surely there are enough mosques already. Especially when you look at the debt the government has, the poverty in places in Ankara and indeed throughout Turkey.

 

I am not against a place of worship being built but when there are already plenty around, and to make a VIP style place, and to spen millions when there are homeless people in need, many schools with no facilities, SSK hospitals with dreadful wards and a lack of facilities - I think it is an outrage.

I totaly agree with your comments..

There are plenty of them and they are more than enough.

Building new mosques are totaly waste of money.

 

6.       Cacık
296 posts
 21 Aug 2008 Thu 06:45 pm

This news has got my goat acutally.  I pay huge taxes here and to think that my poor brother in law had to have an operation recemebtly in a SSK hospital - the shared ward had no curtains round the bed, no facilities or privacy between beds, bits of curtains covering the window, a bed matress I would never sit on and rusty old visitors metal chairs..... and they go and spend millions and yet another mosque ! 

 

I am not saying anymore, I´m fed up - copy paste this to "What´s your mood today!" {#lang_emotions_rant}{#lang_emotions_head_bang}

7.       Trudy
7887 posts
 21 Aug 2008 Thu 07:24 pm

 

Quoting Cacık

This news has got my goat acutally.  I pay huge taxes here and to think that my poor brother in law had to have an operation recemebtly in a SSK hospital - the shared ward had no curtains round the bed, no facilities or privacy between beds, bits of curtains covering the window, a bed matress I would never sit on and rusty old visitors metal chairs..... and they go and spend millions and yet another mosque ! 

 

I am not saying anymore, I´m fed up - copy paste this to "What´s your mood today!" {#lang_emotions_rant}{#lang_emotions_head_bang}

 

 Hadn´t you read it in local newspapers? It´s not a secret I hope?

8.       teaschip
3870 posts
 21 Aug 2008 Thu 11:21 pm

We had a discussion about this a few months ago here.  However, it was a mega mosque being built in England, I do believe.  I happen to agree I think about the costs involved to build mosques, temples and churches and it makes me ill.  Of course I like to pray in a nice building, but my goodness it doesn´t have to be so elaborate.

 

The kicker is they remind you every Sunday that extra donations are needed to make sure you drop your envelope in the basket.  Somehow, if I don´t I feel very guilty..But that´s the Catholic church for you.

 

9.       CANLI
5084 posts
 22 Aug 2008 Fri 12:10 am

Well,i dont understand it quite well

Are they spending all that money so they build a mosque,would be the largest in the area,the most beauty,the one that contain İslamic arts,on walls,on ceiling.....ect..ect ?

İ mean something like a sight you would want to see,and by time that it may reach to be wonder in islamic art ?

Or they are spending the money for some certain people can use it ?

 

İ heard in Tunisia people are not allowed to pray at any mosque they want,and they should have some kind of membership to pray in the mosque !

İ dont know how true is it,i wish its not...

Houses of God are for everyone

VIP mosque ?!!!

İs there VİP´s at praying too ?!! {#lang_emotions_you_crazy}

10.       doudi94
845 posts
 22 Aug 2008 Fri 12:29 am

Yeah what is a VIP mosque anyway?? i thought the whole reason for mosques would be taht there would be no difference between ppl, the rich by the poor and the black by the white....etc,etc,

And 10 million!!!!!!!!!! WHY???? if wwe dont need it use the money for smthg else we dont have to ahve luxuries first and then necessities, necessties first!!!

 

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