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Church of England recommends 7/7 bombers' mosque as tourist destination

The building in Beeston, which the leader of the terrorist gang used as a recruiting ground, is the only Muslim place of worship included in the Church’s official sightseeing guide to religious “staycations”.

It has prompted fresh calls for the Church – condemned last year when the Archbishop of Canterbury called for some aspects of Sharia to be adopted in Britain – to avoid further embarrassment by steering clear of all matters Islamic.

The established religion set up a new section of its website this summer, in order to capitalise on the trend for Britons hit by the recession to take their holidays at home.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)