Dublin mosque: Open day

whydoc

Everyone is welcome to this event.

Tom Dunne

whydoc wrote: »

Everyone is welcome to this event.

Can ya give us more info? What mosque? Where is it? When is it?

Celly Smunt

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Can ya give us more info? What mosque? Where is it? When is it?

Really?...

salmocab

Celly Smunt wrote: »

Really?...

either joking or couldn't see the pic on their phone

Tom Dunne

salmocab wrote: »

either joking or couldn't see the pic on their phone

I was a bit trigger happy.

There was no photo when I posted.

salmocab

won't be heading down but to be honest id be very interested, am an atheist but don't have any snooty views about other peoples religion and am quite interested in islamic beliefs

Tom Dunne

salmocab wrote: »

won't be heading down but to be honest id be very interested, am an atheist but don't have any snooty views about other peoples religion and am quite interested in islamic beliefs

As you may be aware, I live in a Muslim country.

When people come to visit, the first thing that I usually do is bring them to the local grand mosque. It certainly changes mindsets, especially when my friends and family are warmly welcomed, offered tea/juice/dates and encouraged to ask anything they want. And I mean absolutely anything - nothing is off limits.

Funtrepreneur

This is a disgrace. If you come to live in Ireland leave your religion at home. We don't need the possibility of lunatic extremists using Ireland as a place to use their brain washing. I for one will be protesting against this opening and if I see plans for others to open I'll get as many people as I can to object.

Peregrinus

Funtrepreneur wrote: »

This is a disgrace. If you come to live in Ireland leave your religion at home. We don't need the possibility of lunatic extremists using Ireland as a place to use their brain washing . . .

As your own post demonstrates, we have all the lunatic extremists we require. We don't need any more.

Muslims, on the other hand, are welcome.

Tom Dunne

Funtrepreneur wrote: »

This is a disgrace. If you come to live in Ireland leave your religion at home. We don't need the possibility of lunatic extremists using Ireland as a place to use their brain washing. I for one will be protesting against this opening and if I see plans for others to open I'll get as many people as I can to object.

Bye bye. Take your xenophobia eslewhere.

Polo_Mint

Funtrepreneur wrote: »

This is a disgrace. If you come to live in Ireland leave your religion at home. We don't need the possibility of lunatic extremists using Ireland as a place to use their brain washing. I for one will be protesting against this opening and if I see plans for others to open I'll get as many people as I can to object.

Says the person whos faith has been used as an excuse to kill more people over the last 1000 years then any other in History.

Phoebas

Tom Dunne wrote: »

As you may be aware, I live in a Muslim country.

When people come to visit, the first thing that I usually do is bring them to the local grand mosque. It certainly changes mindsets, especially when my friends and family are warmly welcomed, offered tea/juice/dates and encouraged to ask anything they want. And I mean absolutely anything - nothing is off limits.

Now that's what I call liberal.

Tom Dunne

Phoebas wrote: »

Now that's what I call liberal.

My morning coffee is now dripping down my screen. Thank you.

Tom Dunne

Polo_Mint wrote: »

Says the person whos faith has been used as an excuse to kill more people over the last 1000 years then any other in History.

Mod note: the poster has been banned from the forum so please let it go.

Polo_Mint

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Mod note: the poster has been banned from the forum so please let it go.

I guess he is Frozen out of the conversation.



*Gets coat

Tom Dunne

What's this? Bad Pun Monday?

I only have a half cup of coffee and no napkins left.

Michael OBrien

I hope that plenty of Irish go and see it. I am not remotely near Dublin, but if I was, I might have gone, even as an atheist. I appreciate the artistic skill that goes into these places.

Benny_Cake

Great idea, not likely that I'll be in Dublin on the day but I'll definitely pop in if I can.

It's a little unfortunate that it isn't on the 18th when Culture Night will be on as there will be a lot of people out and about and a number of places of worship will be open too. Great to see the Muslim community opening their doors and hopefully dispelling a few stereotypes.

Ken.

Thinking about going to this. Is their a dress code for men and women who are non Muslim.

Peregrinus

No dress code. Dress as you would to visit a Christian church that wasn't your own church, and you were uncertain as to expectations. But, really, they're not that fussed about how you dress. (If they were, they wouldn't be having an open day.)

Wear shoes that are not a huge production to remove and replace. You're likely to be invited to remove your shoes before going into certain areas.

Ken.

Cheers for that Peregrinus.

jackofalltrades

I was all on for going and then I saw the date.

If another event like this happens, would people mind posting about it in this thread please.

Tom Dunne

Any updates on how the event went?

Was it well attended?

Frank Grimes

I just saw on their Facebook page that more open days are being run next month: http://islaminireland.com/news/mosque-open-day-2015/

(NB: I do not have any involvement in this nor any connection to the mosque, I just thought I'd post it here as there appeared to have been interest in the previous open day)