Britain First members tell Kent Muslims to withdraw mosque planning application

Local paper, Kent Messenger, reports on another mosque incident involving Britain First, the group behind mosque ‘invasions’.

The group visited two mosques in Gillingham, Kent, and “confronted a solitary man on the doorstep of the Jamia Mosque before going inside and having an altercation with him and another man on issues including the segregation of men and women within the mosque.”

The Kent Muslim Welfare Association, which has submitted the planning application for a new premises, is currently housed at the Jamia mosque address in Canterbury Street, Gillingham.

From video footage posted on the Britain First Facebook page, one of the individuals involved is heard saying “Withdraw your application for a new mosque, ok?

“Otherwise we, Britain First, will run a big campaign against you guys personally and also the council and the Imam, yeah?

“You’ve got a mosque, yeah. We don’t want these huge mosques with domes and minarets in our towns with separate entrances for men and women in our country.”

The local paper notes that the incidents have been reported to the police. A spokeswoman for Kent Police said “Officers are making enquiries to establish the circumstances and whether any criminal offences have been committed.”