Police watched over a council planning meeting where emotions ran high over a proposal to create a Muslim-run community and welfare centre. Officers attended plans panel north and east at Leeds City Council where members unanimously voted to give the … Continue reading
A controversial British lawyer spoke in Ottawa despite protest from groups who oppose his opinion, which is that mosques should not be built in non-Muslim areas. Gavin Boby spoke in front of 40 people at the main branch of the … Continue reading
OTTAWA — A Canadian Muslim organization wants the Ottawa Public Library to cancel a speech by a controversial British lawyer who advocates legal tactics to block the construction of new mosques in the U.K. Self-proclaimed “mosquebuster” Gavin Boby is scheduled to speak at … Continue reading
The Mosquebuster Hope not hate, January-February 2013 Late last year a smartly dressed man in an office in Bristol was celebrating a decision to refuse a planning application for a mosque in Chingford, Essex. It was just the latest in … Continue reading
Tory councillors have been branded “perverse” after rejecting plans for an Islamic Centre in Purley. The six voted against the proposal despite planning officers recommending the development be approved. And questions have also been raised as to why committee chairman councillor … Continue reading
A UK adviser to opponents of a proposed mosque in Bendigo is known as a “mosque-buster” who boasts of his record of using planning laws to block mosque applications. Gavin Boby, a British planning lawyer and director of the Law … Continue reading
The anti-Islam group that brought controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders to Australia has emerged as a key force behind protests against the building of a mosque in Bendigo. The goldfields city has faced a surge of anti-Islamic sentiment following last … Continue reading
An anti-Islamic group has sent an anonymous email to all Bendigo media outlets, local politicians and prominent media commentators claiming it was behind the black balloons that have mysteriously appeared across central Bendigo. The email has ended weeks of speculation about what … Continue reading
A far-right activist has been handed a community order for assault and firing an air rifle out of his New Addington home. Frank Day, 65, attacked Samuel Bartlett and later fired a Titan air rifle from his house in Arnhem … Continue reading
Tensions ran high tonight as a northern suburbs council gave the go-ahead for a mosque to be built next door to a Christian church. About 1000 locals, many of them members of the church, flocked to the Hume City Council … Continue reading