Christian man rolls pig head into Masjid
ME: FEDS INVESTIGATING INCIDENT OF PIG'S HEAD IN MOSQUE - TOP Associated Press, 7/7/06
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/special/7_07special1.htm
LEWISTON, Maine - The FBI is reviewing the case of a Lewiston christian man accused of tossing a frozen pig's head into a mosque.FBI agents have been conferring with police to determine whether federal hate-crime laws were violated, said police Lt. Michael McGonagle.Brent Matthews, 33, was charged with desecration of a place of worship, a misdemeanor, after the incident during Monday evening prayers at the mosque.Matthews could be more trouble if the state decides to prosecute him under Maine's civil rights statute. If found guilty, he could be fined $5,000 and ordered to stay away from the mosque and the city's Muslim community. . .The incident has inflamed the city's Muslim community. Muslims are prohibited from eating pork, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations calls the act an insult to Muslims.
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