Local residents are protesting against the construction of a mosque near Daehyeon-dong, Daegu, where Kyungbook University is located. They are even creating a campaign that opposes religious activities that take place in the residential area. Most muslim residents here come from Pakistan, Indonesia, and Nigeria. There are over 80 of them, they are International students who are taking Master and Doctorate degree in Kyungbook University.
September last year, four residential areas in Daehyeon-ro granted the permission to construct mosque, which falls into the 2nd category of neighborhood living facilities. The mosque was about 264㎡, it is originally a Korean-traditional house. On November 2014, 5 foreigners purchased buildings and performed religious activities in the back yard. On September last year, 6 foreigners purchased buildings and constructed a three stories mosque.
Local residents are fiercely protesting against the construction of the mosque, they claim to suffer from inconvenience due to the religious activities that take place. A resident explain, 'It is very noisy because people come in and out several times a day. They also make foods during the festival period and the smell is very disturbing. When they destroy the house, I thought they were going to sell it. It is very absurd to know that they're building a mosque'.
As the number of muslim International students increases, the area slowly becoming 'Islam Town'. The owner of the building next to the mosque claims, 'This area is now rumored as a Muslim residence. Now I can't rent out (rooms) unless if it's to Muslim. As the number of the Muslim residents increase, I worry I wouldn't be able to sell my building at this point"
original article (HankookIlbo)
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-Muslims are not harming us in any way, why are they acting that way?
-The discrimination in our country is seriously no jokeㅋㅋㅋ The Muslim residents literally did nothing and yet they're hating on themㅋㅋㅋ
-Ah! South Korea... The country where discrimination comes in naturally and normalized...
-They perform religious activities a few times in a day, and it's really noisy when they do thatㅠㅠㅠ
-The fact that you guys are treating them as if they were criminals can also be considered as racial discrimination too...
-I don't know much about the religion but I think I understand what it means when people say 'Your head is full of shit'... If you know nothing about them, just shut up and learn more...
-They're noisy and loud?? Churches are way noisier...
-Judging from the article, I don't see anything wrong with them... They purchased the building, anyway. It's not like they committed crime or anything...
-I think it's fine, as long as they're not forcing their Muslim way...? on Korean. I think the local residents should tolerate and understand them when they're having festivals or performing religious activities...
-Guys, learn more about Muslim and their religions before you leave comments here...
-Why are you guys normalizing racial discrimination...?
-I've worked with a South East Asian before, they go pray at some times of the days and they also fast at some period of times. Other than that, they're just like us...
-I'm scared...
-Why are you selling buildings to foreigners...
-We should accept all cultures and race equally. There's nothing we can do, anyway. It's not like we can kick them out.
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