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Muslim-only Alton Towers (Great Britain's largest fun park has Muslims Only day)
The Sun (U.K.) ^ | June 30, 2006 | GUY PATRICK and ANDY RUSSELL

Posted on 06/30/2006 8:58:59 PM PDT by Stoat

EXCLUSIVE

Muslim-only Alton Towers

Thrilling ... but only Muslims will be invited
Thrilling ... but only Muslims will be invited
 
 
By GUY PATRICK
and ANDY RUSSELL

 BRITAIN’S 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 pal’s birthday, said: “I couldn’t believe it.


 

Invited ... Muslim girls can go to the fun day
Invited ... Muslim girls can go to the fun day
 
 

“It’s the only day we can go, yet I can’t because I’m not Muslim. Can you imagine all the fuss if there was a Christians-only day?”

George, of Crayford, Kent, added: “My Muslim friends think it’s outrageous.

“What’s the world coming to when people are being banned from flying the St George’s 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”.


 

Logo ... biggest fun park
Logo ... biggest fun park
 
 

But some Muslims have condemned the idea. One university student on a Muslim website forum said: “It’s 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.

“We’re trying to get Muslims to go to this day because they wouldn’t normally go somewhere like Alton Towers. We’re 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.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: altontowers; britain; england; funday; greatbritain; islam; muslim; muslimfunday; muslims; themepark; uk; ukmuslims; unitedkingdom
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Ride? Wrong

MUSLIMS are invited to an exclusive Alton Towers “fun day”, apparently to “integrate them into the wider community”.

Technically, it’s open to all. Except there’s no music or booze, only halal food will be available and tickets are only on sale from an outfit called Islamic Leisure.

How social harmony is promoted by effectively shutting a theme park to non-Muslims is anyone’s guess.

“It’s hardly encouraging integration,” writes one contributor to an ISLAMIC website.

Well said.


1 posted on 06/30/2006 8:59:01 PM PDT by Stoat
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I don't see anything wrong with it. When I worked for Hughes Aircraft we had a day at Disneyland for only employees and families.


2 posted on 06/30/2006 9:08:49 PM PDT by webboy45
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To: Stoat
"Hello, ACLU?"

"Yes, I've been refused tickets to the Alton Towers."

"Well, they said it was because I'm not a Muslim."

"No, I'm Christian."

"Hello? Hello?"
3 posted on 06/30/2006 9:09:30 PM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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To: Stoat
Best check for sabotage while fumigating after the gathering.
4 posted on 06/30/2006 9:11:03 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: Stoat; sheik yerbouty

I wonder if their hijabs ever get caught in the rides?

5 posted on 06/30/2006 9:11:12 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: MAexile

Twits


6 posted on 06/30/2006 9:12:05 PM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Stoat
Well ... Isn't that special?
7 posted on 06/30/2006 9:12:36 PM PDT by One_who_hopes_to_know
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To: Paleo Conservative
"I wonder if their hijabs ever get caught in the rides?"

Lawsuits waiting to happen.
8 posted on 06/30/2006 9:13:10 PM PDT by jdm
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To: jdm
Lawsuits waiting to happen.

In sharia court?

9 posted on 06/30/2006 9:15:12 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Stoat

When did Muslims start being allowed to have fun?


10 posted on 06/30/2006 9:15:38 PM PDT by sweetliberty (Stupidity should make you sterile!)
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To: Stoat
We’re trying to integrate Muslims into the wider community.

Then perhaps you should not exclude the wider community?
12 posted on 06/30/2006 9:18:41 PM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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To: webboy45

How about a Christians only day? A heterosexuals only day? An Anglo-Saxons only day? A Republican's only day? And on and on ...


13 posted on 06/30/2006 9:18:44 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (NUTS!)
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To: BunnySlippers

A no-fatties day? A smokers only day? A meat eaters carnivore's only day? A 5 foot 7 and over only's day?


14 posted on 06/30/2006 9:21:27 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (NUTS!)
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To: Stoat

I heard they renamed the first drop on the flume ride Suicide Plunge.


15 posted on 06/30/2006 9:22:55 PM PDT by HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath (Jesus always reads His knee-mail. (Hall of Fame Hit-N-Run poster))
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To: All

Gee, too bad a stray bomb or two can't fall off the planes of the Royal Air Force.....ooops!

OK, OK, too violent. Hey, at least let some swine through the gates. How fun would that be to watch!

So, Alton Towers is going to allow a non-Muslim day, right?


16 posted on 06/30/2006 9:24:21 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: P-40
We’re trying to integrate Muslims into the wider community.

Then perhaps you should not exclude the wider community?
 

They left a word out....they are interested in integrating with the wider MUSLIM community.

there is no interest, it seems, in integrating with the wider community as a whole, as evidenced by this Muslims Only Day.

17 posted on 06/30/2006 9:26:00 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: sweetliberty
When did Muslims start being allowed to have fun?

Without explosives?  This may be a first.

18 posted on 06/30/2006 9:36:46 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat
They should have fun on Shoot-the-Chutes.

Leni

19 posted on 06/30/2006 9:40:39 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: Stoat
How did they like the new Mohammad robot that tries to pick up on thirteen year old girls in the audience?
20 posted on 06/30/2006 9:41:52 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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