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The Abbey Mills Mosque, also known as the London Markaz or Masjid-e-Ilyas, is a mosque located in Stratford, east London, accommodating up to 2,500 people.〔(Site Acquisition ), Riverine Centre. Retrieved 19 October 2013.〕 It had been proposed to expand it to a larger Islamic centre on a 70000 m² site. It was originally reported that the structure, had it been built, would have been the largest religious building in Britain three times the size of St Paul's Cathedral and one of the largest mosques in western Europe.〔 〕 For this reason the proposed building is often informally referred to in the press as the "mega-mosque".〔 The mosque extension would have been built by Tablighi Jamaat, near the site of the London 2012 Olympic Park. is Tablighi Jamaat's charitable trust and has been the owner of the site since 1996.〔 〕 The Tablighi Jamaat website devoted to the mosque places the maximum capacity at 12,000 worshipers.〔 〕 The plan sparked controversy for various reasons, including its initially reported size, the possible chemical contamination risk associated with the site,〔 〕 the uncertainty as to the sources of funding that will be used by Tablighi Jamaat,〔 〕 and alleged links between Tablighi Jamaat and Islamic extremism and terrorism.〔 Mosque officials are engaged in resolving the controversies, as well as countering the perception implied by the term "mega-mosque".〔 〕 Public response to the mosque and associated controversies has included on-line petitions, various public talks, debates, speeches and various demonstrations.〔 〕 With the expiration of the permit to use the site,〔 and neither a current plan permission nor application for a mosque,〔 〕 the building's future appeared uncertain. In February 2010, Newham Council tried to shut down the existing temporary facility by serving an enforcement notice on the owners. However, this was overturned on appeal and a two-year extension granted for the use of the site.〔 〕 ==Project== In 1996 purchased the Abbey Mills site (the location of a former chemical works)〔 〕 for £1.6 million.〔 〕 In 2001, the Tablighi Jamaat was issued a five-year permit to use the site as a place of worship; however, the permit expired before building commenced.〔 In 2007 the site plan incorporated a mosque capable of accommodating 12,000 people, a visitor and conference centre, substantial parking for cars and facilities for bicycles, a new entrance to the West Ham tube station, a residential school for 500 pupils, a reception centre for visiting VIPs—including about 20 guest suites, a plan for the retention of the natural habitat on the island location within the site, and extensive landscaping.〔 The Tablighi Jamaat also stated that they plan to develop the mosque to make full use of natural resources, reducing the mosque's energy consumption and increasing the mosque's recycling.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abbey Mills Mosque」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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