Prometheus 6

Not to mention...

Baker's attempt to offend missed its mark, according to Fotouh. Muslims do not hate pigs, he said; they just don't eat them.

just plain stupid.

Neighbors in Texas object to mosque plan
By Rasha Madkour, Associated Press  |  December 8, 2006

KATY, Texas -- A plan to build a mosque in this Houston suburb has triggered a neighborhood dispute, with community members warning that the place will become a terrorist hotbed and one man threatening to hold pig races on Fridays just to offend the Muslims.

Many neighborhood residents maintain they have nothing against Muslims and are more concerned about property values, drainage, and traffic.

But one resident has set up an anti-Islamic website with an odometer-like counter that tracks terrorist attacks since Sept. 11. A committee has formed to buy another property and offer to trade it for the Muslims' land. And next-door neighbor Craig Baker has threatened to race pigs on the edge of the property on the Muslim holy day. Muslims consider pigs unclean and do not eat pork.

"Neighbors have created havoc for us, and we didn't expect that," said Kamel Fotouh, president of the Katy Islamic Association.