{"id":339473,"date":"2021-12-06T03:52:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T03:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=339473"},"modified":"2021-12-06T03:52:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T03:52:39","slug":"when-lowry-painted-it-this-methodist-chapel-had-people-bustling-to-get-in-now-its-a-mosque-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=339473","title":{"rendered":"When Lowry painted it this methodist chapel had people bustling to get in. Now it&apos;s a mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><h2>When Lowry painted it this methodist chapel had people bustling to get in. Now it&#8217;s a mosque<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: bold\">\n<li><font style=\"font-size: 1.4em\">Mount Zion Chapel features in Lowry&#8217;s <\/font><font style=\"font-size: 1.4em\">A Street in Clitheroe<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font style=\"font-size: 1.4em\">Plans to convert disused building into mosque had sparked complaints<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font style=\"font-size: 1.4em\">Muslim leaders say conversion has won support of all sections of community<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By  <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span>  16:57 BST, 29 July 2013  <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span>  01:38 BST, 30 July 2013  <\/span> <\/p>\n<div data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" id=\"articleIconLinksContainer\">\n<ul> <b><\/p>\n<li class=\"share-facebook-long\"><\/li>\n<p><\/b> <\/p>\n<li class=\"share-twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-flipboard\">  <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-fbmessenger\">  <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">  <\/li>\n<p> &lt;li data-anchor=&quot;tl&quot; data-twitter-status=&quot; website via @MailOnline&quot; data-formatted-headline=&quot;When Lowry painted it this methodist chapel had people bustling to get in. Now it\\&#039;s a mosque&quot; data-hide-email=&quot;true&quot; data-article-id=&quot;2380851&quot; data-article-channel-follow-button=&quot;MailOnline&quot; data-is-channel=&quot;false&quot; id=&quot;shareLinkTop&quot; class=&quot;share-icons&quot; data-placement=&quot;top&quot; website  <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p> <!-- ad: website --> <\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">A former chapel featured in one of LS Lowry&#8217;s renowned street scenes is to reopen as a mosque.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">The plan to use the Mount Zion Methodist Church in Clitheroe, Lancashire, as a Muslim place of worship initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/search?s=sparked\">sparked<\/a> fierce opposition.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">The chapel can be seen in the 1954 painting A Street in Clitheroe, one of several <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caravax.com\/tranh-tho-cuu-huyen-that-to-tranh-son-mai-tphcm\/\">Binh Duong lacquer paintings<\/a> that Lowry, famous for his matchstick men, made of the town.<\/font><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">   <img height=\"420\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Conversion: The disused chapel in Clitheroe is being converted into the town's first mosque\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Conversion: The disused chapel in Clitheroe is being converted into the town&#8217;s first mosque<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">   <img height=\"508\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Revered: The Mount Zion chapel in the Lancashire market town can be seen on the right in Lowry's painting A Street in Clitheroe\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Revered: The Mount Zion chapel in the Lancashire market town can be seen on the right in Lowry&#8217;s painting A Street in Clitheroe<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"> <\/div>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">It had by then been closed for worship for  Places to sell lacquer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caravax.com\/tranh-tho-cuu-huyen-that-to-tranh-son-mai-tphcm\/\">Paintings to worship the dead ancestors<\/a> in tphcm 14 years, finding roles as a munitions store, metal box works and garment-making factory.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"> Now the local Muslim community is close to being able to worship in what will be the market town&#8217;s first mosque.<\/font><\/p>\n<div data-track-module=\"am-related_carousel^related_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])\" data-dm-rotator-rotate=\"false\" data-track-pos=\"static\" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" data-dm-rotator-auto-init=\"\" id=\"p-22\" class=\"related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half\" data-dm-rotator-active-class=\"active\" data-dm-rotator-page-count=\"1.0\" data-dm-social-article-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-page-size=\"1\">\n<div class=\"rotator bdrcc\">\n<div class=\"rotator-title\">\n<h2>RELATED ARTICLES<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rotator-pages link-xocc\">\n<li class=\"rotator-prev\"><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li class=\"rotator-next\"><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>   <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p> <b><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb\"><\/b> <\/p>\n<h2>Share this article<\/h2>\n<div class=\"share\"><span class=\"wai\">Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">Plans lodged by Clitheroe&#8217;s 300 Muslims in 2006 to convert it into a mosque sparked hundreds of objections, many of them branded racist, and the issue was picked up by the British National Party.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">Seven years on, the first phase of conversion is complete, and the community is now trying to raise \u00a3250,000 to install heating and lighting, internal decoration, doors and windows.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">Farouk Hussain,  <a href=\"https:\/\/datinginfo.site\/rosamckillop\">Binh Duong lacquer paintings<\/a> chairman of Medina Islamic Education Centre, said the work was now drawing support from all sides. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">\u2018It&#8217;s been a long time coming, so there is a positive reaction from Muslims in the town,&#8217; he said.\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">   <img height=\"422\" width=\"634\" alt=\"'Wonderful': Muslim leaders in Clitheroe say that, despite initial opposition, the project has now received positive reactions from all sectors of the community\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">&#8216;Wonderful&#8217;: Muslim leaders in Clitheroe say that, despite initial opposition, the project has now received positive reactions from all sectors of the community<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">\u2018However, the support from across the town is really wonderful.We&#8217;ve been getting positive reactions from interfaith groups and people of no religion too are getting behind the project.&#8217;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"> He added that reopening the chapel to worshippers &#8211; albeit of a different religion &#8211; was in keeping with its significance to the town.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"> \u2018We value the building and its history and it will remain the same as when Lowry painted it as part of his Clitheroe street scene.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media3.cgtrader.com\/variants\/bNMAeoawZuLvGLcUNHfd9odi\/9cae6891d5963582c5a024dd4cd2d77f44d540a2ca4f778b8c6afa6918049521\/elegant-velvet-lacquered-dining-chair-3d-model-max-obj-fbx-mtl.jpg\" style=\"max-width:430px;float:right;padding:10px 0px 10px 10px;border:0px\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Lowry painted it this methodist chapel had people bustling to get in. 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