The account was most likely closed due to the horrific bigotry displayed on the groups Facebook page rather than this excert from Pickering's article, as that doesn't fit with the Banks value's
Heads are likely to roll at the Bendigo Bank which has buckled to Islamic demands that the Concerned Citizensโ bank account be closed or financing for the planned mosque, along with private accounts, will be taken elsewhere.
But the loss of less than 100 Islamic accounts will pale in significance when compared to the loss of angry clientsโ accounts of the fifth biggest bank in Australia with 540 branches across the country.
That part of Pickering's article is hearsay and not fact so I'd treat his ramblings with a grain of salt.
Many comments on Bendigo Banks Facebook page are trying to steer the reason to being rather to do with the fact that the Bank also has an account there for the group raising funds to build the Mosque. Most of the comments are screaming discrimination rather than looking at the fact that the group against the Mosque value's don't sit well with theirs so they're well within their rights to close the account whereas the group raising money to build the Mosque have done none of what that objecting group has.
