Posted on 06/30/2006 8:58:59 PM PDT by Stoat
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By GUY PATRICK and ANDY RUSSELL BRITAINS biggest fun park has sparked a race row with a MUSLIMS-ONLY day. Up to 28,000 are expected at Alton Towers on September 17 when there will be no music, booze or gambling. Instead there will be prayer areas, Muslim stalls and all food served will be HALAL. Organisers Islamic Leisure have billed it the First National Muslim Fun Day and tickets can only be bought through their website. Non-Muslims phoning the Staffordshire park have been refused tickets. One, George Hughes, 19, who rang up for 15 tickets for a pals birthday, said: I couldnt believe it.
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Its the only day we can go, yet I cant because Im not Muslim. Can you imagine all the fuss if there was a Christians-only day?
George, of Crayford, Kent, added: My Muslim friends think its outrageous.
Whats the world coming to when people are being banned from flying the St Georges flag yet this sort of day is allowed? If it must be held, then why not on a weekday rather than a busy weekend?
The event is widely promoted on the internet and the Muslim Public Affairs Committee declared it exclusively for our brothers and sisters.
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But some Muslims have condemned the idea. One university student on a Muslim website forum said: Its hardly encouraging integration.
Another said: What next . . . an all Muslims shopping day out in the Trafford Centre in Manchester?
Abid Hussan of Islamic Leisure insisted the day was open to all faiths, although Islamic laws would apply.
He added: There will be no smoking, no alcohol and halal food only.
Were trying to get Muslims to go to this day because they wouldnt normally go somewhere like Alton Towers. Were trying to integrate Muslims into the wider community. People can come down and see the way we live. It will be a peaceful family environment.
Alton Towers said any organisation could hire the park for a day.
A spokeswoman said We make no distinction regarding sexuality, religious, ethnic or lifestyle choices.
She confirmed tickets for the day were now available only through Islamic Leisure. And Alton Towers would promote the fact that the day had been booked.
She added: As a general rule, there will be no admission on the day to guests who have not booked through the organisation in advance.
In sharia court?
Considering the popular Islamic punishments of throwing homosexuals off of a mountain or cliff and making a stone wall fall on them, there may be few opportunities to exact such punishments in Great Britain. Perhaps at the "next" Muslim Only Day (gag me with a spoon) they will throw offenders from this First Muslim Only Day off the top of Magic Mountain or tie them onto the ends of bumper cars. I'm sure that such events would be great crowd-pleasers.
Hopefully the ride operators and park staff will be issued some stylish ballistic armor for the day. I wonder how many will call in sick?
I sincerely hope so, and hopefully MI6's hands are not tied behind their backs as tightly as those of our intelligence agencies are.
Too bad Alton Towers most likely doesn't have a quality retinal scanning or fingerprinting system set up at the gates. It would be a great opportunity to build a really nice database.
Guess what... they had a day at Six Flags in New Jersey last year.
"A Republican's only day?"
Don't think that'd be too popular in the Constitutional Monarchy of Great Britain. ;-)
I hadn't heard about that one....I did hear about the "Gay Day" at Disneyland though, which I think is a recurring event (like some STD's, or so I understand)
Man, I'll bet Muslim Day is a real barn-burner. Wish I could get in!
Will all of the rides stop at prayer times? What about the riders on the ferris wheels, rollercoasters and whirligig thingies? They can't very well unroll their prayer rugs while strapped upside down in a motionless rollercoaster.
I would imagine that they will have some mullah screaming...whoops sorry, calling the prayer over the loudspeakers, and when the women are having fun they will be ululating at a high pitch. Will they segregate the rides? "Okay, this first coaster ride is for the men; you women wait over there".
I'm sure that it will be a blast (pardon the pun)
Tell you what, Alton Towers:
Lets make every day for the rest of your (short) commercial existence Muslim only day.
One day each week was designated for Blacks only.
Overton Park Zoo, Memphis, Tennessee
"I went out to the zoo to make some pictures ... And when I got out there, that sign was there ... So, I just backed up and took pictures of it. I went down there and said, 'Mmm, God, I ought to take a picture of this sign, show this it to my wife, show it to my children, show it to my brother, show it to my father.'"
-- Ernest C. Withers, photographer
Among a collection of Disney commemorative pins on sale at a shop last week, I saw the usual Mickey silhouette - with the rainbow colors. Bet that was a best-selling pin on one day, at least!
No alchohol? Wow, if there ever was a time for beer goggles, this would be it.
Alton Towers Muslim Funday - LI Islamic Forum
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I don't see the problem here, a private religious organization rented an entertainment facility from a private company.
What, so if I wanted to drink a restaurant but it closed to the public for a catered Muslim wedding, because they're Muslim I should not be denied access to the Halal buffet?
Get off it.
Britons! Take back your country!
I do hope that our British Friends will take your advice. They have shown tremendous resolve in times past; let's pray that those days are not forgotten,
Excellent post and highly relevant. It seems that 'some' Muslims apparently haven't learned from many of history's ugly mistakes,
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