Posted on 12/02/2006 3:07:56 PM PST by Jacob Kell
There's an awful lot of exciting news when you round the corner on Baker Road. One of two big yellow signs announces a new neighbor is coming soon.
K.I.A., that's the Katy Islamic Association, plan to build a mosque here.
"It's not an appropriate place to have a mosque or church," said resident Barbara Simpson.
It isn't going over real well.
"As a house of worship, they shouldn't be disturbing the peace and tranquility of 15 homes," said resident John Wetmore.
Neighbors tell us they're concerned about traffic and drainage and a little fear of the unknown. Some of the homeowners even offered to buy the land back for more than a million dollars. The K.I.A. doesn't seem very interested in the offers.
"We're not going anywhere," said Katy Islamic Association member Alvi Muzfar.
So it seems the community at the end of Baker Road has a pretty good fight. But this fight has gone much farther than many between two neighbors. You see in these fights, sometimes neighbors throw mud at one another. In this instance, they're wallowing in it.
Craig Baker owns pigs. He's the guy behind the second big yellow sign on Baker Road. That's the one announcing Friday night pig races.
"What does it matter, I can do whatever I want with my land right," asked landowner Craig Baker.
Sure can. But aren't pigs on the property line racing on a Friday night a little offensive to a Muslim neighbor?
"The meat of a pig is prohibited in the religion of Islam," said Katy Islamic Association member Youssof Allam. "It's looked upon as a dirty creature."
Yeah, there's that and also that Friday night is a Muslim holy day.
"That is definitely a slap in the face," said Allam..
Now before you go thinking Craig Baker is unfair, or full of hate, or somehow racist, hear him out.
Baker has long roots here. His family named the road and when the new neighbors moved in, he tells us, they asked him to move out.
"Basically that I should package up my family and my business and find a place elsewhere," said Baker. "That's ridiculous, they just bought the place one week prior and he's telling me I should think about leaving." That new owners deny they ever said anything like that, but Baker isn't budging.
Baker admits the pigs are a message he is not leaving.
The 11-acre property is sandwiched between a pricey subdivision and Craig Baker's business.
K.I.A. eventually plans to build a mosque, a gym and a school there. There's no date for the groundbreaking ceremonies, or the first pig race. (Copyright © 2006, KTRK-TV)
(repost from previous thread)
Here is an instructive tale for any other "houses of worship" in
the area to steer wide and clear of the Islamics.
Give the Muslims an inch...they'll take a mile (or much more).
And maybe effectively take your church's parking lot.
http://www.sperryfiles.com/corridor.shtml
(you'll have to scroll about half-way down for the passage reproduced below)
DAR AL-HIJRAH
After 9/11, Dar al-Hijrah tried to strike up an interfaith dialogue with
area churches. The neighboring Church of Christ, for one, was willing
to participate -- that is, until the mosque wanted its pastor and
flock to accept Islam. The church, along with a neighboring
church, nonetheless have agreed to allow the growing mosque to
use their parking lots during Friday prayer services, which draws
some 3,000 Muslims from around the Washington area. But for their
generosity, the 9/11 mosque would be out of business.
Great idea! It would be cheaper, safer than undercover marshalls, and will stimulate pig farming!
In the interest of American self preservation maybe we ought to set the bald eagle aside and make Roast pig our new symbol! foe eagle lovers like me, its a sacrifice of necessity!
This picture looks similar to a painting done by Andrew Wyeth.
The Pig....the new American symbol of freedom! We never knew a pig we didn't like!
***Just be good neighbors... some of this liquid pig manure should green up the lawn of that mosque really well.***
PLEASE! Chicken manure is bad but this is too much! a few times with this and everyone may vacate the area!
"Put a pig on every flight"
That means this will happen.....when pigs fly!
I knew there was a reason I like Texas and Texans so much -- other than the fact they have some of the best fishing in the U.S. (snicker)
Maybe they would have to leave a tractor trailer full of pigs parked outside the "shrine" overnight on a friday,, lots of rules governing truckers hours .. can't disturb them when their time has run out for the day..
I love pork as much as the next guy, but the sound of a confined truckload of pigs is the closest thing to the caterwauling of the demons in hell I ever hope to hear.
It's an easy solution to keep the mosque out of your neighborhood. Surely there are pigs in So Texas?
Great incentive to give the racers sincere commitment! Todays losers are tomorrows dinner!
Yep, a real darn shame.
If you look at history, loose livestock started a lot of trouble. The white settlers were forever letting their cattle and hogs graze in Indian squash and corn.
They are going to sell beer with the barbecue aren't they?
My Goodness Grammy.......
Of course....this is America isn't it?
Barbecue and beer are like Mother and apple pie....
These people already know they are not wanted anywhere in this country. They need to find life so annoying here that they can't stand it. Pig games are a small, small start to want is needed.
Oh, and speaking of pig games, they should see what's in the "Muzzie sauce" that goes on their food in restaurants.
I would rather have a pig farmer as my neighbor than a Muslim mosque.
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