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  • Alton Towers calls off "Muslim Fun Day"

    08/02/2006 10:01:45 AM PDT · by presidio9 · 61 replies · 1,988+ views
    Reuters ^ | 8/2/6
    Britain's biggest theme park has called off the country's first "National Muslim Fun Day" because of lack of interest, the park said on Wednesday. Alton Towers in Staffordshire was to open on September 17 for Muslims -- with halal food, a strict dress code and prayer areas. Music, gambling and alcohol were to be banned for the day and theme park rides such as "Ripsaw", "Corkscrew" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" all segregated by sex. But the park said the event's organisers, Islamic Leisure, who rented the park for the day and were marketing the event, had called it...