Oh, The Times They Are A-Changing

"LONDON — Disputes over mosques have broken out across Europe. Residents from Belgium to France to Germany have expressed unease at minarets competing in the urban landscape with the spires and stones of centuries-old cathedrals.

But the fight raging over an abandoned lot in London’s East End is of an altogether grander scale. A large and secretive Islamic sect proposed building what would have been the largest mosque in Europe, smack at the gateway to the 2012 Olympic Games, and within sight of London’s financial district."

Those are the first two paragraphs of a story in the NY Times this morning with the ominous title: A Battle Rages in London Over a Mega-Mosque Plan.

Read the entire piece and try to come to a reasonable, balanced and useful opinion. Not as easy as you might think.

This story illustrates one of the great challenges of the 21st century - world-wide immigration and migration of large populations.

The Vancouver Sun yesterday reported that the most "popular" surname in town is neither Smith nor MacDonald, but Lee...or Li.

London is fast becoming a Muslim city, or at least, so many people fear.

The Mega-Mosque in question is said to be an incubator for terrorists. Truth? Or Fear-mongering? Or both?