The controversial Doveton mosque is headed for a hearing at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal after its planning permit was declared invalid last week. Casey Council issued a permit for the mosque, in Green Street, earlier this month after … Continue reading
The sinister black balloons started appearing in Bendigo in May. Then 10 days ago, a cluster of them were tied to the home and business of a local councillor who supports the building of a controversial mosque. The councillor, Mark … Continue reading
A Casey councillor is calling for a poll of residents to determine their attitude to a mosque planned for an industrial area of Doveton. Cr Rosalie Crestani was the only councillor to oppose the mosque when the application came before … Continue reading
Supporters of a mosque in Doveton’s industrial area have urged anti-Islamic cleric Pastor Danny Nalliah and his followers in the Catch the Fire Ministries to learn to live with it. Outside Casey Council chambers on Tuesday night, supporters were quietly … Continue reading
Anger at plans for a mosque and evangelical church to be built side-by-side in Melbourne’s east has spilled over amid claims Islam ”directly contravenes our freedom values”. It was standing room only at the City of Casey chambers in Narre … Continue reading
Casey deputy mayor Sam Aziz will seek to impose a planning condition “not to preach hatred from the pulpits” on a proposed Afghan mosque in Doveton. Despite professing to hate “religious intolerance”, Cr Aziz also suggested that Islam was not a peaceful … Continue reading
Anti-Islam crusader Daniel Nalliah and his evangelical Christian church are set to fight a plan to build a mosque in the same street. Mr Nalliah, a pastor at Catch the Fire Ministries, said his church was weeks away from building a $2 … Continue reading
Reports and comment from Islamophobia Watch 22-28 April 2013
Casey councillors have overwhelmingly rejected deputy mayor Sam Aziz’s call for a discussion of the dangers of Islam before they decide on a planning application for a mosque in Doveton. At last night’s meeting, mayor Amanda Stapledon said such a discussion would create … Continue reading