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  • 2020-01-17 (xsd:date)
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  • Has Poland Banned the Building of Mosques? (en)
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  • Saudi Arabia's prohibition on the establishment of non-Muslim houses of worship and the (public) performance of non-Muslim religious services has long rankled many citizens of Christian-predominant countries, especially those countries -- such as the U.S. -- that keep military troops stationed in the Saudi kingdom to help protect its security. (Other Muslim countries in the Middle East are not so restrictive of Christianity and other non-Muslim religions.) Discontent with this situation has prompted the online spread of tropes and memes along the lines of We'll accept Muslims/mosques here when they allow Bibles/churches in Saudi Arabia: But one meme has taken this concept a step further, asserting that the country of Poland actually enacted a legal ban on mosques there until such time as Christian churches are allowed in Saudi Arabia: It is true that the construction of mosques has met with opposition over the last several years in Catholic-predominant Poland: However, mosques do in fact exist in Poland, and searches of legislation and news reports turn up no reference to any legal ban on the existence or construction of mosques within Poland. This meme appears to be based not on reality, but on a viewpoint represented by Dominik Tarczyński, a member of Poland's ultraconservative Law and Justice Party, who has been quoted as vehemently opposing Poland's acceptance of any non-Christian refugees: We don't want Poland being taken over by Muslims, Buddhists, or someone else ... and no one will ever force us to take Muslims, Buddhists, non-believers in huge numbers ... For me, multicultural society, it's not a value ... it's not a virtue. Christian culture, Roman law, Greek philosophers, these are the virtues for us. On multiple occasions Tarczyński has voiced his opinion that Poland should not exhibit any more tolerance to Muslims than Saudi Arabia does to Christians: Nonetheless, Tarczyński's words are reflective of a political viewpoint, not of any actual regulation or policy of his country's government that has barred the construction of any mosques in Poland until churches may be built in Saudi Arabia. (en)
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