A group of Queensland Muslims has received terrorist-style threats after announcing plans to purchase a church hall.
The local Islam supporters were looking to buy the building in Gympie, north of Brisbane, to use as a community centre for their religion.
But they began to be harassed and targeted after a promotional flyer for an event to raise money for the sale mistakenly called it the ‘Gympie Mosque Project’.
A group of Queensland Muslims has received terrorist-style threats after announcing plans to purchase a church hall (pictured)
The local Islam supporters were looking to buy the building in Gympie, north of Brisbane, to use as a community centre for their religion, but a promotional flyer mistakenly labelled it as a future mosque
Accountant Shahid Khan said the group had been running the same centre for more than a decade in a property nearby the new building’s Lady Mary Terrace location.
‘We’ve been running a community centre in Ada Street, just around the corner, in rented premises for 13 years and no-one’s had a problem,’ he told the Gympie Times.
‘I don’t see how owning our own hall is going to change anything.
The flyer was shared online and stated that the small Muslim community had a ‘big hope’ to find a place they could conduct Jumma prayers.
Accountant Shahid Khan said the group had been running the same centre for more than a decade in a property nearby the new building’s Lady Mary Terrace location (Pictured is the church hall’s kitchen)
The Gympie local said they did not have an imam and would not be holding five prayers a day, reaffirming it would not be a mosque
The congregational worship is conducted on Fridays, with many of those in the 30 – 40 strong group attending said to be professional people, according to Mr Khan.
The Gympie local said they did not have an imam and would not be holding five prayers a day, reaffirming it would not be a mosque.
The building in question is believed to sit on approximately 1518sqm of land, and comprise of a 20m hall, large kitchen and toilets.
As for the flyer, Mr Khan said it was simply a mistake that had not been clarified correctly.
‘Hatred, that’s just people. Some people are fighting against intolerance by some Muslims but are practising it themselves.’