General Chat

Having just rung the Isamic Leisure company who are organising this event... they tell me that non.muslims are allowed...they will be able to buy other types of food other than theirs but there will not be sales of alcohol that day.... Remains to be seen what kind of day it turns out to be....so if anyone wants tickets... the Islamic Leisure site are taking bookings online..... Me... think I would rather have a good dinner.... Anne :) By the way... deleted previous posts.. it was me!!

I was going to ask the same question, Zoe. Gwynne

is someone backtracking there by deleting their posts?

A very good point Hal. Well said. Gwyn

Having read all this and bearing in mind the couple booked before the Islamic Group ( £5000.00.) paid upfront,It seems Alton Towers are at fault being greedy.One other thing though,Would this be allowed to happen in 'Iran'? would Other Faiths be allowed to dictate what the Muslim Majority Could and Could not do?. I think Not. Hal.

Hope they are going to clean all the rides etc after the naturist day.

Hee Hee Nana---------thank Allah! for inventing Clothes.......

All these days focused at specific groups who perhaps may not visit the park normally............................................................ Mmm, perhaps their thinking is more in tune with the potential revenue than anything else.

Hi Catherine, The venue is booked by the Muslim group for a private function. If they have spent that amount of money then they have the right to make the rules, as far as I can see. Just like any group who book a venue for any other sort of function. When I book a venue for my Youth Theatre group I make the rules. If the couple don't like it then they should take it up with Alton Towers not the group who have booked it. Personally, I'd rather French Kiss a llama than go to Alton Towers at any time. Gwynne

I think some of us may be getting a little confused. Racism relates to race and not (freely) chosen religion or sect. Sadly some people seem to make the automatic assumption that someone of a certain faith must therefore belong to a certain ethnic group. This issue is really about integration of different faiths in society and I don't think that a public theme park is necessarily the correct venue for that. Many towns and cities hold both multi-cultural and multi-faith fun days which have proved a tremendous success and have indeed improved community relations. I agree wholeheartedly with the point made earlier that a place such as Alton Towers should, whenever open to the public rather than corporate organisations, be precisely that - open to the public. That would lend itself far better to greater understanding, acceptance and relations between groups of differing beliefs.

This really, is not much different to any couple hiring the local village hall for a family get-to-together,and knees up!! and it being subject to '' Family invitations only''..........

Won't that be a little chilly in November?

Catherine, The couple getting married (as I have already said once) the day BEFORE the Muslim day. Their wedding will not be affected at all. Gwynne

'A LEADING Midlands theme park is to open its gates to hundreds of naturists in the first event of its kind in Britain. Organisers expect between 1,000 and 1,500 members of all ages to take part in The British Naturism Weekend at Alton Towers, in Staffordshire, on November 17 to 19.'

what a jolly good idea Rosex

zoe,Its not, if only people would look into things more:-)

'Abid Hussan of Islamic Leisure insisted the day was open to all faiths, although Islamic laws would apply.' How is that racist in any way?

If they have booked and paid for it as a private function then thats fine, Im sure there are plenty of people who book rooms/ venues for private functions who dont want outsiders in. I wouldent want a muslim cleric at my party:-))

I know Meercat it was appalling to think of all those Fonies about the place! ;O)

I can't see the problem!! Vodafone have hired it before and it was only open to Vodafone employees and their immediate families!! There was no complaints then!