Assalamu'alaikum wr wb, Itu kasusnya adalah rumah biasa yang kemudian dijadikan gereja tanpa izin di tengah2 penduduk yang mayoritasnya Islam. Hingga akhirnya timbul keributan. Oleh karena itulah dibuat SKB 3 Menteri untuk mengatur itu.
Jangankan di Indonesia, di Eropa saja yang katanya bebas, ummat Islam juga tidak bisa sembarangan mendirikan masjid tanpa izin. Sebagai contoh, di Athena sama sekali tidak ada masjid karena mayoritas penduduk tersebut menentang pendirian masjid. Akibatnya ummat Islam di sana (sebagian penduduk lokal dan staf kedubes negara Islam) tak bisa beribadah di masjid. Intinya izin. Kalau gereja yang sudah berizin seperti gereja Santa, dsb, mana ada ormas Islam yang mau menggerebek? Bukankah di Bandung ada berpuluh-puluh gereja yang berdiri dengan aman tanpa gangguan? Greek mosque plans cause friction By Richard Galpin BBC, Athens The small Greek town of Peania nestles in the hills north of the capital, Athens, close to the new international airport. It is an unremarkable place, and an air of boredom hangs over the central square. Athens has had no mosque since the early 19th Century But not for much longer. If the Greek Government has its way, the town will become the focus for tens of thousands of Muslims living in the capital with the construction of the first proper mosque in the Athens area for almost 200 years. The Foreign Ministry is pushing hard for a large mosque and Islamic cultural centre to be built before the Olympics get under way in just over a year's time. It's a very bad situation, they are violating our human rights - we must have a right to practise our religion and it must be in a proper mosque Mohammed Ashad Pakistani immigrant More than 30,000 square metres of land have been set aside for the buildings which will be paid for by Saudi Arabia at a cost estimated at millions of dollars. The Greek Government is acting partly out of shame, particularly with the approach of the Olympic games which are already putting the country under the international spotlight. "Athens is the only capital in the European Union without a mosque," Foreign Minister George Papandreou admitted in a recent statement. Makeshift mosques It is an extraordinary fact that not a single mosque has operated officially in the capital or its immediate surroundings since Greece gained its independence from the Muslim Ottoman empire in the early 19th Century. Mosques have been set up in apartment blocks The growing number of Muslim immigrants in Athens from Albania, South Asia, Africa and the Middle-East pray at so-called "underground" mosques which are not properly licensed. Dozens of these makeshift mosques have been set up in the capital in apartments, shops and garages. "It's a very bad situation, they are violating our human rights," says Mohammed Ashad, a Pakistani immigrant who has lived in Greece for six years. "We must have a right to practise our religion and it must be in a proper mosque." Mohammed was speaking after completing his prayers at an underground mosque in the city centre. It is in a dingy, run-down apartment block with a staircase which stinks of urine. The room which masquerades as a library, is too small for the busiest prayer-time of the week on Fridays when people spill out into the hall and down the stairs. "It's very strange because Greece is inside the European Union and will be in the centre of Europe with the inclusion of 10 more countries," says Mohammed, "and yet there's no official mosque." Plan rejected Ambassadors representing Arab countries have been trying to persuade the Greek Government to build a proper mosque for almost 30 years. They are now certain they have succeeded. Almost 100% of the population here is opposed to the mosque - we were never asked if we wanted it and this region is not suitable Paraskevas Papakostopoulos Mayor of Peania "All the preparations are complete, " says Abdullah Abdullah, the Palestinian representative in Athens. "The Greek Government gave its approval, the Arab side is ready for the construction and the Greek church has given its blessing." But back in the town of Peania where the mosque is to be built there is fury amongst the local population. The town council has rejected the plan and mayor Paraskevas Papakostopoulos has appealed to the courts to block the building of the mosque, arguing it is illegal to use the land for construction. "Almost 100% of the population here is opposed to the mosque," he says. "We were never asked if we wanted it and this region is not suitable." Historic fear The mayor is particularly concerned that the mosque will be seen by visitors as they land at Athens airport. "This is a problem for us as the first impression visitors will have will be something not representative of Greek culture. They will feel they have arrived in a Muslim country." Officially the Greek Orthodox Church, which dominates the country's religious life, has said it does not oppose the new mosque. But amongst the clergy in Peania there is a very different view. "I cannot conceive of this mosque being built here," says parish priest Father Antonios Milakis. "At the Islamic centre they will train and ordain Muslims and they will try to convert people of other faiths." It seems this fear of Islam is rooted in history. "Greece and the Greeks link Islam or Muslims with the Turkish occupation of the country [which lasted] for centuries and this resentment is still there," says Abdullah Abdullah. But ironically even the Muslims themselves are opposed to the mosque being built in Peania. The town is 20 kilometres from the centre of Athens and most say they will not be able to go there for their daily prayers as it is simply too far away. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3104893.stm Zaman's mosque, one of six or so in the Memphis area, was paying for space at a private cemetery, some 45 miles away, that was nearing capacity. But when the Muslim Society of Memphis asked a suburban planning board for permission to build an Islamic cemetery closer to town, in an area with several other cemeteries, the community responded with outrage. "We don't need bin Laden's cousins in our neighborhood," said one Fayette County resident during a public hearing. "We know for a fact that Muslim mosques have been used as terrorist hideouts," argued another, who later likened Muslims to Nazis. Worried that the public outcry might pressure county commissioners to deny the request, the Muslim Society temporarily withdrew its application. But Zaman, who teaches at the University of Tennessee's medical school, says the group is determined to prevail over the racist rhetoric. http://www.muslimwakeup.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=1114&; --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > namanya aparat itu sih harus berdiri di atas semua > golongan > karena dia bertindak atas nama negara bukan atas > nama agama, > nggak perlu takut-takutlah .. amroji dan imam > samudra aja di tangkap > dan di adili tapi sampai sekarang nggak ada umat > islam yang > bilang bahwa aparat anti terhadap islam ....... > itu karena > mereka melakukan tindakan yang benar ... > > saya pikir yang bodoh itu adalah orang yang > mendirikan rumah > ibadah tetapi tidak mempunyai izin .. ini namanya > perbuatan nekat > cuma yang menjadi masalah adalah bahwa dalam kristen > itu > terlalu banyak aliran seperti katolik, protestan, > advent hari ketuju, > pantekosta dan lain-lain ... dan tiap-tiap > golongan kayaknya > nggak akur, karena tiap aliran tidak bisa saling > mengijinkan untuk > datang ke gereja setiap aliran itu. .... > akibatnya untuk suatu kota > yang besar tentu akan banyak gereja yang harus > dibangun karena > banyak alirannya .. tapi dalam islam tempat > ibadah hanya satu > yaitu mesjid .... > > dan umumnya gereja itu banyak yang ditinggalkan oleh > umatnya > kecuali gereja itu dibangun berdampingan dengan > sekolah, > sehingga kelihatannya bahwa gereja tersebut selalu > ramai, padahal > hal itu bukan rutinitas agama melainkan kehidupan > sekolah > seperti biasa. ...ini hanya secuil pengamatan saya > ... > > cuma saya khawatir bahwa 23 gereja yang dikatakan di > tutup oleh > FPI ... ternyata memang tutup sendiri karena sudah > ditinggalkan > oleh umatnya ... mungkin disebabkan oleh beberapa > sebab .... > yah ....namanya komunitas tentu sifatnya dinamis dan > berkembang ... > > > salam > yustam Ingin belajar Islam? 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