http://www.vicarofbolingbrook.net/two-europeans-one-pakistan-day-and-zero-samosas/ stories about the suburbs, church, and home Sun, 12 Jun 2016 23:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 http://www.vicarofbolingbrook.net/two-europeans-one-pakistan-day-and-zero-samosas/#comment-14225 Tue, 10 Mar 2015 14:42:05 +0000 http://www.vicarofbolingbrook.net/?p=581#comment-14225 […] However, although a colleague of mine told me that there was concern expressed at a Bolingbrook Christian clergy meeting, nothing happened publicly. Maybe I was disappointed not to be able to hold my sign, but only a tiny bit – I was relieved Bolingbrook could absorb a second mosque without getting up in arms. This was probably helped by the fact that our Village government – our mayor especially – has been involved with and supportive of the local Muslim community for at least the past 25 years, especially the Pakistani Independence Day festival every August (the oldest and largest in the country, last time I checked). I went with a friend to explore it in 2012. […]

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