Posted by Iranian on January 2, 2007, 8:30 pm, in reply to ""It's just Texas-spirited."" --Previous Message--
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Old news but still funny as hell, they should have weekly barbeque also send all the smoke over.
: 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.
:
: 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.
:
: "I am just defending my rights
: and my property," Baker said.
: "They totally disrespected me
: and my family."
:
: 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.
:
: "I don't care if he races,
: roasts or slaughters pigs,"
: said Yousef Allam, a spokesman for
: the group.
:
: 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.
:
: 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.
:
: 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."
:
: All the same, Baker plans to
: continue the weekly pig races until
: interest dwindles.
:
: The association never meant to imply
: it wanted Baker to move, Allam said.
:
: "If we somehow communicated
: that to him, then we
: apologize," he said.
:
: Resident Susan Canavespe said the
: pig racing wasn't mean-spirited --
: "It's just
: Texas-spirited."
:
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