Posted on 12/02/2006 8:18:10 AM PST by Hank Kerchief
They were above the county's noise ordinance levels, and those ordinances were in place before the electronic bell system was installed two years ago.
Wouldn't you want the same standard to apply to an imam's call to prayer? I'll bet you would.
(courtesy ping to LOC1)
"Damn. If this was a big Baptist church that the neighbors didn't want, we'd have a million posts on here talking about the loss of the Freedom of Religion at the hands of liberals.
The neighbors don't want a huge new church, mosque or synagogue going up in their residential neighborhood. The fact that it's a mosque doesn't help, but the problem is that they don't want a big ANYTHING in there. "
From a related thread:
"I live near this new mosque. I've seen the home now being used as a place of worship, and I've seen the pig pen.
Some points of interest:
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Local residents also protested when a Baptist Church was developed in the area, because the church destroyed a large number of trees and installed intrusive parking lights. Eventually, agreement was reached on using about 1/10th the number of lights, to lessen the impact on the neighbors. The point of this is that the community has a history of resisting intrusions that impact the quality of life as perceived by the residents, no matter what the religion. The opposition to the mosque really is not a religious thing at all.
Islam as a culture has become viewed with suspicion throughout out the world, by people who are not members of that culture. The reasons are obvious. Locally, two aspiring Muslim jihadists were arrested within the past few days and charged with conspiracy to aid the Taliban. The arrests followed their observed firearms training in a facility north of Houston owned by the Islamic Society of Greater Houston.
Part of the basis for suspicion is the stated philosophy that lying and deceiving outsiders is an acceptable tactic within Islam, if it furthers that group's aims.
Because of the existing well founded suspicion of Islamic culture, it is incumbent of the developers of the local mosque to be particularly open and transparent with their plans and intentions. Otherwise, the surrounding community justifiably views their intentions with concern and dismay.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747491/posts?page=3#3 by loc1
Not in any State that has a Right to Farm Statute, which means most States.
LOL
Hello.
Baker could hold hourly pig races. Bets could happen on the internet. There could be a web cam. Worldwide betting would happen. Pig farmer would have money to burn. Katy could have money to burn.
I dont think you can underestimate the anger that is felt toward the Moslims. Name the pigs intersting names and it would be a 24 hours thing. There could be something in this to make these creeps go away.
Oh, please, let me name the first pig: Mohammed. (interesting that the word "ham" is sandwiched right in the middle of his name) :)
LOL.... Ham ...sandwiched.....LOL
Good one!
Yes! Music to my ears...LOL!
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Nice catch tpaine.
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It is playing into the terrorists hands to pretend that Islam is just another American religious sect.
Muslimism is the FASTEST growing religion in the world. There are 8 mosques within a quick driving distance in the Los Angeles Area.
oops, take it back there are 34 mosques or some type of muslim center within 10 miles of my home. WOW...
The original ham sandwich.
viva les porques!
Apparently by the smell of the local rag heads they don't use soap.
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