"I’m also part of the community, but I was not consulted"

Dear Messenger,

I refer to your article and the accompanying letters referring to the proposed building of a Mosque and Madressa at the top of Earl Marshal Road. You state in your article opinions have been sought from the community. How is it then, that nobody sought my opinion? I live nearest to the present Mosque and I suffer great inconvenience on a daily basis and have done so ever since the Mosque came into operation.

I’m also part of the community, but I was not consulted when the present Mosque came into being and no doubt I will be ignored about the planning and siting of the future Mosque.

I’m very pleased for any people who have a faith, but it should not be followed at the expense of others who have their own faith. I have dirt and filth thrown into my garden and the driveway to my home is constantly blocked. When I ask people to move, they become abusive, rude and sometimes threatening.

I understand that all main faiths encouraged people to be respectful towards older members of society and to respect their property, but this quality is sadly missing in some of the people I have dealt with when they are waiting for their children to leave the Madressa.

I can accept that they want their children to be safe, but this shouldn’t mean that their children should run through my garden or that their parents should throw rubbish into it. I also should be able to use the drive leading to my house, but apparently people using the Mosque can safely ignore all the parking rules and nothing can be done about it.

The newly proposed Mosque will apparently only have parking spaces for 10 cars, so this horrible problem of rubbish, noise and bad mannered people parking their cars across my drive will go on and because I am in the minority I will be ignored.

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