Posted on 09/29/2006 9:27:34 AM PDT by LibWhacker
LONDON (AFP) - Police have revealed they were investigating the dumping of a pig's head outside a mosque on the first full day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
The head was found outside the Jamia Mosque in Newport, southeast Wales, on Saturday. The Koran strictly forbids Muslims to eat pork.
"We treat all incidents of hate crime seriously and are pursuing a number of lines of inquiry to identify the offender," said Gwent Police Superintendent Simon Prince on Friday.
Nobody at the mosque was available for comment but Sheikh Mohammad Thair Ullah, the chairman of the nearby Shah Poran Bangladeshi Jame Mosque, branded the incident "disgusting" and provocative.
"There is a good and bad in every community and I believe we have some young fanatics who could take this the wrong way," he said.
"It is a very sensitive time for Muslims and since 9/11 we are facing a lot of problems which are unwanted.
"Muslims are peace-loving people which has been interpreted wrongly to show that we are all terrorists and criminals. That is the impression given by the world's media and politicians which is totally wrong."
Two British mosques were hit by arson attacks in August following the foiling of an alleged plot to blow up US-bound aircraft leaving Britain.
Sounds like a great place for a dump truck load of em, to me.
Yeah, I'm prejudiced about it.
Was the perp a Virginian? ;)
I bet you the Pope did it.
Oh no, here we go again.....Mooselimbs gone wild!
Big deal... Someone misplaced their pig's head. Happens all the time.
Crass and asinine, yes, but hate crime? If they catch the perps just charge them with littering and leave it at that.
"Was the perp a Virginian? ;)"
Naw...we worship barbeque. Waste of a good hogshead if you ask me.
What does throwing pigs blood around offend them now.??...er....nevermind.
Cough,Cough, Bullsh!t, cough, cough
Sounds like a plan...
Wow, how did they possibly resist the urge to eat the pig head from up off the sidewalk? That's real dicipline.
I understand the hate crime element, but it's pork, not kryptonite.
If only the muslims would restrict their angry outbursts to dumping farm animal heads in the street. The world would be a much nicer place.
"I believe we have some young fanatics who could take this the wrong way"
In other words, watch out, Muslims may kill people for this.
100 to 1 that the jiadists(sp) put it their themselves.
Is this an idea they got from the phoney Allen story??
A reference I do not get. Inside joke or historical event?
"Muslims are peace-loving people which has been interpreted wrongly to show that we are all terrorists and criminals. "...that might be the funnies line uttered.
Yes, I lived in VA once...
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