powerclowns got a point.
there'll be those that will have the knives out waiting for the first excuse to call for its closure in order to justify their POV. So i dont think this is going to be an issue that is going to go away anytime soon. It will pop up in the news again. I'm hoping for reasons of cross cultural diversity and interfaith dialogue, but that doesnt sell news does it?
it does seem to me that everytime there is a mosque opening up, the proposal seems to make the national news, regardless of what country you live in. this just so happens to be the close to the most notable in the last decade.