UKIP mistakes Westminster Cathedral for mosque (no, this isn't Newsthump!)

[LeftishBrit]

Nigel Farage’s Ukip branch rebukes BBC for ingrained liberal bias in holding straw poll about leader in front of noted Muslim place of worship ... wait, hang on....

This isn’t the first-time a rightwing party has got its buildings confused. The English Defence League mistook Brighton’s Royal Pavilion for a mosque last year. Previously, the far-right organisation’s co-founder Tommy Robinson had tweeted #creepingsharia when he saw a picture of the Taj Mahal in India on the Twitter homepage.

Many buildings in the UK, including St Paul’s Cathedral, have domes; baroque-style designs were also influenced by Moorish architecture, which features in buildings across Europe.

The site of Westminster Cathedral was acquired by the Catholic Church in 1884, and the cathedral was designed by the Victorian architect John Francis Bentley. It has a distinctive candy-striped red and white brick facade, towers, floors set with mosaics, and features 100 types of marble and geometric patterns, inspired by ornate Early Christian Byzantine and Ottoman styles.


(Some more hilarious stuff at link):

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/27/-sp-ukip-mistakes-westminster-cathedral-for-mosque?CMP=share_btn_fb

[shenmue]

1. Oh my

[Historic NY]

2. #thingsthatarenotmosques LOL.

[shenmue]

3. I posted a few

Cats, my church, a pond...

[Prophet 451]

4. About normal for UKIP

Just like Teabaggers, utterly ignorant of their own country but sure they know what's best for it.