14 August 2012

Leicester estate out in protest over Islamic community centre plans for disused scout hut

.... hundreds of people have been gathering in Thurncourt Road, on Leicester's Thurnby Lodge estate, for some weeks now to protest against an Islamic charity's plan to turn a disused Scout hut into a community centre and prayer room.

[A COMMENT] “"Islamic community centre" - Why not just have a community centre for all faiths and local people? Why just Islamic, that does not seem right?”

[ANOTHER COMMENT] Where are our English community centres? Chinese, Pakistani and Muslin community centres exist in Leicester so why not an English community centre? Anyone denying that idea is discriminating against the English community and should be tarnished a racist and taken to court. [Leicester Mercury] Read more