Alma Road community house was once a modest 3-bedroom dwelling in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda, an area well known as Jewish heartland. This small community house had a permit to hold events for up to ten (10) guests; think of neighbourhood birthday parties, playgroups or senior citizen afternoon tea. This was turned into an instant mosque for Friday prayers, not so much for the locals, but for 20 to 30 observant Muslim taxi drivers. To not fall foul of its own planning permits and usage policy, the subserviant council went on to re-write its own planning and house rules. As we know the eagerness of the 5th column to submit to the impositions of our Islamic culture enrichers knows no bounds.
The fact that most of the praying taxi drivers are neither from the local community, nor that two real mosques are actually within 10 driving minutes does not bother the council, which seems ignorant of the Islamic concept of sacred spaces. Perhaps a read in relevant history books may enlighten the councilors what happens with houses and spaces that have served as places of Islamic worship.