Jihadi Du Jour: Landowner protests a Mosque with Pig Races

This little piggie went to market, this little piggie went...

KATY, TEXAS - While Kamel Fotouh makes plans to build a mosque on 11 acres of pasture here, neighbor Craig A. Baker is making plans of his own - plans to hold pig races.

Baker figures he'll need a tent, souvenirs and a track for the pigs to race on, all in full view of the Muslims next door, for whom pigs are forbidden as food.

As a bonus, Baker will host the competition on Friday - a Muslim holy day.

This is not meant as a slur on Islam, Baker said. It's a dispute between two neighbors. "A lot of people are making this into a racist situation, a redneck guy from Texas saying 'We're going to put on pig races,' " he said. "But I'm standing up for property rights."

I guess we will see how the Constitution reads on this one.

Meanwhile the Association of Pig Enthusiasts and the Property Is God-given rights advocacy group (aka APEs and PIGs) have published a joint publication of Law Enforcement Official's Guide to Pig Racing.

Suggestions include:

It is offensive to call pigs swine. As we do not call police "pigs", so similar restraint is requested.

You must be very sensitive during feeding times. Do not disturb a pig while it is facing the trough eating slop. This occurs at least 5 times daily.

Pigs refuse to be eaten by Muslims. So don't even ask.