Spectacular sounding names of organisations

You —

I was reading today that ""The Coordination Committee of Major Mosques and Islamic Centres" have announced..." and having never heard of this huge organisation before, I decided to google it and it linked me to East London Mosque.

Now that suddenly seems to be less spectacular. (if I am wrong and this is actually a big organsition or something, please correct me.)

I wonder if this is in the long tradition of spectacularly exaggerated names that many people use?

There is the "European Islamic Centre" that UKIM are opening in Oldham, and many asian business can't help but adding worldwide, continental or international to their names.

I wonder if there is a small corner shop somewhere named "Ahmed worldwide international continental cash & carry and whole sale superstore"?

Do you think its likely?

I am also guilty of this too - I call my day dreaming daydreaming "plans for world domination".

You — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 - 12:50

From Indigo Jo Blogs:

In the UK, the so-called “Coordination Committee of Major Islamic Centres and Mosques of London” agreed that Ramadan began today. This outfit represents a mere handful of mosques, such as Regent’s Park, East London, Westbourne Park, al-Muntada and Leyton (and since when was Leyton a major mosque?). In reality, it represents mosques with either a substantial Arab worshipper base, a “salafi” bias, or with connections to the Gulf countries. While they happen to be some people’s local mosques, the majority of mosques in London don’t belong to it and they have no right to claim any greater importance than any other mosque.

So it is more than one mosque.

You — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 - 17:23

[quote=1R4M]they're just full of rubbish greasy food[/quote]

:shock:

How dare you!

I think this needs a Braveheart rendetion of some wort... "You cant ake away our freedoms, but you cannot take away our... uhm... take aways!"