Are Churches being turned into mosques?
The Reform (sic) UK claim is debunked in The Big Issue.
They claim that 41 have become mosques in recent years.
There are 38500 churches in UK, 16000 CofE. Since 1968 only 2 have become sites for other superstitions, both to gurdwaras. 1 in Peckham became a mosque, but only after >10 years closed.
It's "almost impossible" for a church to become a mosque.

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Big Issue boss #LordJohnBird: says "I entered Parliament to dismantle poverty" and calls for a dedicated Whitehall department, with binding targets like net zero!

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#UN high commissioner for #HumanRights, Volker Türk, told the #HumanRightsCouncil that #disabled people in the UK “will be disproportionately affected by planned cuts to health benefits.”

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Number of deaths from nitazenes increases fourfold in two years – but true number may never be known
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Thatcher didn't just change the shape of Britain – but the heart and soul of the British people
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Number of #homeless children in England hits yet another record high: 'When will this end?'
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The latest official #homelessness statistics show 172,000 children in England are now living in temporary accommodation. It's the latest record-high figure and means there are almost enough #homeless kids to fill Wembley Stadium two times over. The p

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Where's the station? is the question we should be asking with new housing.. NOT, what's the parking like?.

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