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Several redundant churches in Glasgow and other parts of Scotland are slowly being converted into mosques as Christian congregations dwindle while a growing Muslim population demands more places to worship. Colin Randall, foreign correspondent, reports


When the Glasgow Central Mosque, then rivalling the biggest in Europe, opened a quarter of a century ago, it seemed all the needs of Muslim worshippers in Scotland’s largest city would be met at its imposing site on the banks of the Clyde.

But as the city’s Muslim population has swelled to 33,000, with the Pakistanis who have always formed its main component joined by refugees from conflict in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Sudan, demand has continued to grow for space. More than 70 years after organised worship first began, in the homes of Pakistani immigrants, Glasgow has 14 mosques, and some feel it could do with more.



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Kindred Spirit said…
What a tragedy! When I lived in the Glasgow area a number of years ago, there was a large Italian population there; sadly, the practice of the Faith in that group seemed rather weak. No doubt that, along with the waning Catholicism of native Glaswegians, had led to the current Moslem stronghold. How much we lose--on so many levels-- when we jettison the Faith!
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Pablo the Mexican said…
God is setting the muslims in place for that day when He converts them, and punishes us for our stupidity and religious and intellectual pride.

He will convert the Jews, and rise up His army.

And we won't be a part of it.

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