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Refugee Crisis: Richard Dawkins Slams Saudi Arabia's Offer To Build 200 Mosques In Germany
The Huffington Post UK | By Kathryn Snowdon
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015...n_8115492.htmlRichard Dawkins has lambasted Saudi Arabia's "sick" offer to build 200 mosques for refugees in Germany, as the Gulf state still refuses to shelter those fleeing war-stricken Syria.
Dawkins, 74, branded the news "either a sick joke or sick insult to German generosity" on Thursday after reports emerged that the wealthy Arab state offered to build the mosques in the European country, which is expecting to take 800,000 refugees this year.
While thousands of refugees make the perilous journey across continents to European countries, Saudi Arabia and five other Gulf states have offered zero resettlement places.
Dawkins said the news was "certainly sick", adding he is "horribly afraid it might not be a joke".
The atheist, biologist and author added that the only thing that could be "more useless to refugees in Germany than 200 mosques" was 201 mosques.
Is this some kind of sick joke? It's certainly sick, but I'm horribly afraid it might not be a joke. https://t.co/6Z7sDLZerz
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) September 10, 2015
Could anything be more useless to the refugees in Germany than 200 mosques? (Answer, 201 mosques). http://t.co/j0h4XHQZsF .
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) September 10, 2015
Saudi contribution to refugee effort: 200 mosques in Germany. Either a sick joke or sick insult to German generosity http://t.co/j0h4XHQZsF
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) September 10, 2015
German newspaper, The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, reported the plans to build 200 mosques, quoting Lebanese newspaper al Diyar.
Further details of how Saudi Arabia would build the 200 mosques remain unclear.
Amnesty International reported, "From Asia to Europe, large wealthy countries have turned their backs on Syrian refugees. All six Gulf countries, Russia and Japan have not offered to resettle a single refugee".
Saudi Arabia joins Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain in failing to offer any resettlement places.
The Gulf States have received mounting criticism for their "deafening" silence over the refugee crisis.
Last month, Germany's interior minister announced that the country was expecting the arrival of as many as 800,000 refugees this year - four times as many as 2014.
Germany remains the top destination for refugees in Europe, receiving 43% of all asylum applications in the 28-nation European Union.
The news was met with shock and disbelief on social media.
so Saudi Arabia's only contribution to the refugee crisis is to build 200 mosques in Germany for the refugees. Wow
— Bertie (@RobertAustin96) September 10, 2015
The Saudis have at last stepped up to the plate on the refugee crisis. NO. Not to house or feed them. But to build 200 Mosques in Germany.
— The Cuckoo Clock (@markdaventry) September 10, 2015
Instead of offering shelters, #KSA offered to build 200 mosques for the Syrian Refugees in #Germany, shame. #Syria pic.twitter.com/r8JAcDSyje
— Ahmad M. Yassine (@Lobnene_Blog) September 10, 2015
Saudi Arabia offers Germany 200 mosques - one for every 100 refugees who arrived last weekend
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-10495082.htmlSaudi Arabia has reportedly responded to the growing number of people fleeing the Middle East for western Europe – by offering to build 200 mosques in Germany.
Syria’s richer Gulf neighbours have been accused of not doing their fair share in the humanitarian crisis, with Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and the UAE also keeping their doors firmly shut to asylum-seekers.
According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, which quoted a report in the Lebanese newspaper Al Diyar, Saudi Arabia would build one mosque for every 100 refugees who entered Germany in extraordinary numbers last weekend.
It would be unfair to suggest that the Gulf Arab states have done nothing to help the estimated four million Syrians who have fled their country since the start of the conflict in 2011.
Just this week, the al Hayat newspaper reported that 500,000 Syrians had found homes in Saudi Arabia since the civil war began – as workers, not refugees.
There have also been significant contributions from rich individuals towards the upkeep of refugee camps round the Syrian border, estimated by the BBC to total around $900 million (£600 million).
But amid a history of competition between the Gulf states and Iranian-allied nations, there is a deep fear that allowing an influx of Syrian refugees could also let in Syrians loyal to Bashar al-Assad.
There also exists a more general concern about demographic change, leaving the states opposed to the idea of welcoming refugees. In the UAE, foreign nationals already outnumber citizens by more than five to one.
Back in Germany, Angela Merkel welcomed two refugee families at a home for asylum-seekers in the Berlin suburb of Spandau on Thursday.
She told reporters after the visit: “Their integration will certainly take place in part via the children, who will learn German very quickly in kindergarten. And I hope and believe that the great majority will want to learn our language very quickly.”
Whether she will welcome Saudi Arabia’s reported offer, which Al Diyar noted would “have to go through the federal authorities”, remains to be seen.
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Could we just build some hospitals, schooling centers and libraries instead of mosques and churches?
The money spent on building such great complex buildings rather invest it into education and innovation, sick of living in the past...
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