Jews and Neo-Nazis protest huge mosque in Germany

design proposal for Cologne mosque via Wikipedia

"It's not a sign of the will to integrate but a wrong signal. It is a conquest on foreign territory; it's a declaration of war," says Ralph Giordano, a highly respected Jewish writer in Germany. (NPR 10/07)

I never thought of how mainstream cowardice might create a dangerous political vacuum, but it's so true (America should take a lesson). From Dhimmi Watch:

[Jews protesting alongside] Neo-Nazis? Here is yet another indication of the deleterious effects of the abdication of the European political mainstream. Its refusal to confront and deal with the many and various effects of rapid, large-scale Muslim immigration into Europe leaves the field open to unsavory groups. Then the presence of such groups taints the whole issue and give ammunition to the Leftists and jihad apologists who claim that anyone who opposes the Islamization of Europe is a crypto-Nazi anyway. In a sane Europe, prime ministers and parliaments would be discussing Sharia, deciding just how much of it, if any, they intend to allow, and moving sternly against those who are trying to implement Sharia in their states. But we do not live in a sane age in Europe's history.

DW quotes the Telegraph (UK):

The construction of one of Europe's biggest mosques near to a globally famous Christian landmark has sparked a furious row in Germany.

More than 150 members of Pro Köln, a Right-wing group, march in protest against the building of the 170ft high mosque in Cologne.

Immigration and integration are hugely sensitive questions in Germany, which is home to a Turkish community of several million. But almost within the shadow of Cologne Cathedral, political correctness has now been replaced by bitter confrontation as the city's Muslims begin to build a 2,000-capacity mosque with twin minarets that will reach 170ft.

"Muslims have been here for 40 years, yet people are praying in back rooms," said Seyda Can, an Islamic theologian at the Turkish Islamic Union in Cologne. "There are 120,000 Muslims in Cologne, that's 12 per cent of the population. We should not hide."

Work will begin in the autumn on the £15 million mosque, which will include huge glass and stone cupolas and two six-storey minarets.

This is the site that greets you when you exit the train station. Cologne's German name is Köln. This cathedral has the largest facade of any church in the world - over 7000 sq meters! It took a mere 632 years to build. photo by Doodlebugs at TravelPod

See also LGF just last month:

After a Moroccan thug was stabbed to death in self-defense by a German man he was trying to rob, Muslims in Cologne took to the streets in protest. Apparently, they believe it’s their right to mug Germans, and the Germans should just accept it.

And Spiegel Online seems to agree, in an article dripping with sympathy for the demonstrators: ’We’re Sitting on a Powder Keg’: Immigrants Protest Death of Moroccan Teenager in Cologne.