Al Salam is back, wants to build Islamic Life Center in Carmel

[femurphy77]

[Forrest Gump voice] Ok.

People of a like faith banding together to build a house of worship? The horror.

They have a website and are on Facebook. Check them out.

Oh ok, that makes them legit!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

If only we knew what caused this.

The Internet?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Oh ok, that makes them legit!

Well, I mean, they are there, out in the open. They have classes and such. They are inviting the public to come. So, if curious, why not check it out?

 

[BugI02]

if the members are good citizens, pay their taxes, and don't infringe on me our my beliefs then I have no issues. this is the rule that pretty much applies to everyone

What about the conversion of a prime piece of property to a non-taxpaying status. In my own community, we fought and won a court case to prevent a prime development property (an office complex left vacant when a corporation moved to a larger campus in the exurbs) from being bought and turned into a christian school complex; not because we disliked christians but because we are a largely residential community with little land devoted to commercial development and preferred to seek an occupant for the site more in keeping with the previous uses and the development plan

 

[T.Lex]

What about the conversion of a prime piece of property to a non-taxpaying status. In my own community, we fought and won a court case to prevent a prime development property (an office complex left vacant when a corporation moved to a larger campus in the exurbs) from being bought and turned into a christian school complex; not because we disliked christians but because we are a largely residential community with little land devoted to commercial development and preferred to seek an occupant for the site more in keeping with the previous uses and the development plan

I can't find (in VERY brief googling) anything about this new site, but I believe there are a couple empty church locations in Carmel. There've been a few of the Protestant denominations that have changed hands in the last 10 years or so, too.

 

[HoughMade]

There's been an Islamic Center south of U.S. 30 in the rural area of Merrillville for 25 years and the last time I checked, violence from its congregants was not a concern for many people in NWI. (We have other violence to worry about...I assume from mostly nominal Christians).

 

[BugI02]

I can't find (in VERY brief googling) anything about this new site, but I believe there are a couple empty church locations in Carmel. There've been a few of the Protestant denominations that have changed hands in the last 10 years or so, too.

I was just presenting evidence that the assumed rationale for resisting the proposal is not the only one

 

[T.Lex]

I was just presenting evidence that the assumed rationale for resisting the proposal is not the only one

Yeah, I get that.

But - believe me - there's NO chance that otherwise commercial-zoned land in Carmel would be used for a church. The Mormons were able to do it, sorta, but that was a long time in the making. The Catholic diocese has some parcels on the west side that are/were farmland, but that's about as close as they'll get in terms of new development.

Developers show no signs of decreasing the Carmel Premium for land, even brownfields.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Yeah, I get that.

But - believe me - there's NO chance that otherwise commercial-zoned land in Carmel would be used for a church. The Mormons were able to do it, sorta, but that was a long time in the making. The Catholic diocese has some parcels on the west side that are/were farmland, but that's about as close as they'll get in terms of new development.

Developers show no signs of decreasing the Carmel Premium for land, even brownfields.

I wonder what an all red-bricked mosque will look like?

 

[T.Lex]

I wonder what an all red-bricked mosque will look like?

What's that one on the NW side of Main and Gray, across from the gray Lutheran?

Wouldn't it be ironic if they were looking at a Missouri Synod church?

 

[femurphy77]

There's been an Islamic Center south of U.S. 30 in the rural area of Merrillville for 25 years and the last time I checked, violence from its congregants was not a concern for many people in NWI. (We have other violence to worry about...I assume from mostly nominal Christians).

It's probably (in my most disgusted to even speak the word voice) CANADIANS!!!

 

[Spear Dane]

I kinda figured this was where we were headed from the outset.

Of course it was. Truth is truth.

 

[Spear Dane]

[Forrest Gump voice] Ok.

People of a like faith banding together to build a house of worship? The horror.

They have a website and are on Facebook. Check them out.

So does every terrorist group on the planet.

 

[SMiller]

Then why do you care ? - assuming you do, since you wouldn’t have posted otherwise.

(Dislosure - I am not a resident of Carmel nor am I Muslim either)

I care, you have a problem with that?

 

[HoughMade]

It's probably (in my most disgusted to even speak the word voice) CANADIANS!!!

They're always the ones, aren't they?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I wonder what an all red-bricked mosque will look like?

Haram?

*EDIT* Apparently not. More tradition than anything. Cannot read Arabic but cannot find anything prohibiting red brick as building materials.

 

[Gabriel]

There's been an Islamic Center south of U.S. 30 in the rural area of Merrillville for 25 years and the last time I checked, violence from its congregants was not a concern for many people in NWI.

Let's not confuse people with facts.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Of course it was. Truth is truth.

Nah, ignorance is ignorance, as I'm fairly certain that most on this board don't know a single Muslim from Carmel.

 

[bwframe]

Allahu Akbar

 

[Kutnupe14]

Allahu Akbar

Which is true. Even Christians say it.