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Mosque spires ‘only 12 feet high’ (From York Press)
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Mosque spires ‘only 12 feet high’
11:21am Tuesday 4th September 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter
JUDGING by David J Wilde’s fear (Letters, August 31) that the minarets planned for the new Mosque “would not fit in with the skyline of our ancient city”, one would imagine that, like St Wilfrid’s RC church in Duncombe Place, the mosque had been designed as a direct visual challenge to York Minster.
The mosque’s location is off the Hull Road, behind Lawrence Street. The minarets will be a mere 12 feet in height.
The annual mosque open day is usually held for invited guests.
Next summer, perhaps the event could be open to the public, so that visitors could see for themselves that the present buildings are inadequate for the community of hard-working, law-abiding York citizens and university students who use them.
Mr Wilde and N Baron fear that York Muslims will “encroach on our way of life and culture”. If the mosque community’s exemplary family values and regard for education have made any impact on the York scene, to date, it can only have been for the better.
Mary Machen, Neville Street, York.
Comments(14)
Jezreel
says...
2:19pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Are there any circumstances under which you would approve af a Mosque on this site? Fess up
Scarlet Pimpernel
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2:35pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Jezreel wrote:The letter says the minaret is "12 feet high". I presume that this is also the diameter, assuming that the proportions are roughly hemi-spherical.
Matthew who (apart from yourself) mentioned a "12 foot diameter minaret" ? Are there any circumstances under which you would approve af a Mosque on this site? Fess up
The measurement is vague in that it does not describe the height of the structure above ground level, which is as relevant as the proportions (height/width/diamet
er) of the minaret itself.
We really need an architects illustration showing it's scale relative to other surrounding buildings.
Scarlet Pimpernel
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2:41pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Scarlet Pimpernel
says...
2:44pm Tue 4 Sep 12
http://www.telegraph
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Yeahbutno
says...
3:24pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Scarlet Pimpernel wrote:Is this a serious response???
If these minarets are highly visible from a distance, then I would object that they act as a beacon to draw more and more muslims to live in the area. Before long the area around Lawrence Street will be like a mini-Bradford and it will then grow and grow. Do we really want this ?
ShunGokuSatsu
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3:40pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Scarlet Pimpernel wrote:"Act as a beacon"?! You do realise you're talking about sentient human beings here, not ****ing moths following a candle? Does the sillhouette of the Minster - which by the way, panicking reactionaries of York, will still quite safely dominate the skyline - draw baying hordes of Protestants to live in the city centre?
If these minarets are highly visible from a distance, then I would object that they act as a beacon to draw more and more muslims to live in the area. Before long the area around Lawrence Street will be like a mini-Bradford and it will then grow and grow. Do we really want this ?
emen
says...
6:24pm Tue 4 Sep 12
CHISSY1
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8:26pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Yeahbutno wrote:A sensible response.
Scarlet Pimpernel wrote:Is this a serious response???
If these minarets are highly visible from a distance, then I would object that they act as a beacon to draw more and more muslims to live in the area. Before long the area around Lawrence Street will be like a mini-Bradford and it will then grow and grow. Do we really want this ?
Omega Point
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10:32pm Tue 4 Sep 12
CHISSY1 wrote:Let's just say it as it is. Some people are anti-Muslim. You can not call them racist because Islam is a religion not a race. So what word do we use which carries the same meaning of prejudiced against - oh there you have it.
Yeahbutno wrote:A sensible response.Scarlet Pimpernel wrote: If these minarets are highly visible from a distance, then I would object that they act as a beacon to draw more and more muslims to live in the area. Before long the area around Lawrence Street will be like a mini-Bradford and it will then grow and grow. Do we really want this ?Is this a serious response???
FortyFour
says...
11:38pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Scarlet Pimpernel wrote:What a load of rubbish!
If these minarets are highly visible from a distance, then I would object that they act as a beacon to draw more and more muslims to live in the area. Before long the area around Lawrence Street will be like a mini-Bradford and it will then grow and grow. Do we really want this ?
CHISSY1
says...
11:54pm Tue 4 Sep 12
FortyFour wrote:They are,i agree.
Scarlet Pimpernel wrote:What a load of rubbish!
If these minarets are highly visible from a distance, then I would object that they act as a beacon to draw more and more muslims to live in the area. Before long the area around Lawrence Street will be like a mini-Bradford and it will then grow and grow. Do we really want this ?
lis0r
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10:40am Wed 5 Sep 12
Kalpana.Boodhoo
says...
5:48pm Tue 18 Sep 12
It’s for a possible feature we’re working on. If you’re interested in taking part, please email me at kalpana.boodhoo@bbc.
co.uk
Scarlet Pimpernel says...
2:13pm Tue 4 Sep 12
Is this the height above ground level, or the height above the roof, or the height above the supporting structure/tower ?
Where are the usual architects illustrations (CGI's) that support these articles, so we can see the scale of these structures ?
A 12 foot diameter minaret is not 'small' !!!