Opposition to the building of new mosques

In several European countries people take a critical view of the construction of new mosques, the newspaper writes, and attempts to explain this attitude: "Just a couple of years ago the prevalent view was that if a religious community financed the construction of a religious building with its own means then it was just like any other building. This has changed. Among other things, the Muhammad cartoons and their consequences have opened many people's eyes: the opposition to mosques is not directed against the buildings themselves, but is rather a symptom of a series of problems and confrontations which people have come to associate with the building. In other words it's about a clash of cultures, and for many Europeans the construction of large mosques... symbolises a threat to their culture and the values it is based on."

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