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Republicans are running next to a Mosque?

On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:27:27 GMT, "Mosquebuster"
<magic_c@rptetbomber.com> wrote:

>Mosque plans trigger neighbor's pig races
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>Texan sells sausages during races at prayer time
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>December 31, 2006
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>KATY, Texas (AP) -- A man unhappy with an Islamic association's plans to
>build a mosque next to his property has staged pig races as a protest during
>afternoon prayers.
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>Craig Baker, 46, sold merchandise and grilled sausages Friday for about 100
>people who showed up in heavy rain. He insisted he wasn't trying to offend
>anyone with the pigs, which are forbidden from the Muslim diet.
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>"I am just defending my rights and my property," Baker said. "They totally
>disrespected me and my family."
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>Muslims don't hate pigs, they just don't eat them, said engineer Kamel
>Fotouh, president of the 500-member Katy Islamic Association in this Houston
>suburb.
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>"I don't care if he races, roasts or slaughters pigs," said Yousef Allam, a
>spokesman for the group.
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>The dispute began when the association asked Baker to remove his cattle from
>its newly bought land. The association plans to build a mosque, community
>center, athletic facilities and a school.
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>Baker agreed to move his cattle but thought the Muslims also wanted him off
>the land his family has lived on for more than 100 years.
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>Earlier this month, Baker conceded that the Muslims probably aren't after
>his land, but he said he had to go through with the pig races because "I
>would be like a total idiot if I didn't. I'd be the laughingstock now
>because I've gone too far."
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>All the same, Baker plans to continue the weekly pig races until interest
>dwindles.
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>The association never meant to imply it wanted Baker to move, Allam said.
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>"If we somehow communicated that to him, then we apologize," he said.
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>Resident Susan Canavespe said the pig racing wasn't mean-spirited -- "It's
>just Texas-spirited."
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>http://edition.cnn.com:80/2006/US/12/30/mosque.pig.ap/index.html
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