Re: City Commissioner Blocks Barbaric Muslim Sacrifice of Goats and Lambs

Now, is she a vegetarian? Has she ever visited a slaughterhouse during
working hours? Halal meat, is similar to Kosher meat. At the end of
the ritual the meat is distributed among all members of the
community. You Texas beef producers need to be ready should she ever
look in your direction..

On Nov 3, 7:00 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://cnsnews.com/blog/susan-jones/city-commissioner-blocks-muslim-s...
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> City Commissioner Blocks Muslim Sacrifice of Goats and Lambs****
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> By Susan Jones <http://cnsnews.com/source/susan-jones>****
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> November 3, 2011****
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> Sunrise, Fla., Commissioner Sheila Alu single-handedly blocked a Muslim
> religious ceremony involving the sacrifice of goats and lambs set to take
> place on Sunday, the South Florida Sun Sentinel
> reported<http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-sunrise-politician-blocks...>on
> Thursday. "Yes, I was trying to stop it," Alu was quoted as saying.
> "It's shut down. I'm trying to protect innocent animals." She called the
> ritual inappropriate for a city as populated as Sunrise.
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> The newspaper said Muslims from local mosques were planning to gather at a
> 45-acre farm in Sunrise to celebrate the Eid ul-Adha, the Festival of
> Sacrifice, which honors Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son.
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> Nezar Hamze, executive director of the South Florida Council on
> American-Islamic Relations, called Alu's decision "very upsetting" and
> "very disturbing." He told the newspaper that Muslims went through "proper
> channels" to get permission -- "and now it's off because a commissioner has
> a problem with it." Hamze was quoted as saying that the meat is sacrificed
> in a humane way -- a "slit on the throat real quick" -- as required by
> state and Islamic law.
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> The Sun Sentinel
> article<http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-sunrise-politician-blocks...>notes
> that a 1993 U.S. Supreme Court decision upheld animal sacrifices for
> religious purposes. "I have no ill will toward the Muslim faith," Alu told
> the newspaper. "I'm just an animal lover."

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