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TexasTowelie

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Wed Aug 5, 2015, 04:44 AM Aug 2015

Residents at Farmersville meeting greet Muslim cemetery plan with distrust

FARMERSVILLE — A town hall meeting Tuesday about a proposed Muslim cemetery seemed to do little to change many residents’ fears about the project.

The meeting at Farmersville High School often turned contentious as residents questioned what purpose the cemetery would serve and how it might affect the community.

“People don’t trust Muslims,” Barbara Ashcraft said after the two-hour meeting, which drew a standing-room-only crowd to the school’s cafeteria. “Their goal is to populate the United States and take it over.”

But others said the cemetery would adhere to state laws and should be welcomed.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/collin-county/headlines/20150805-residents-at-farmersville-meeting-greet-muslim-cemetery-plan-with-distrust.ece

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Residents at Farmersville meeting greet Muslim cemetery plan with distrust (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2015 OP
"People don't trust Muslims." Especially dead Muslims. Hoppy Aug 2015 #1
“Their goal is to populate the United States and take it over.” tanyev Aug 2015 #2
 

Hoppy

(3,595 posts)
1. "People don't trust Muslims." Especially dead Muslims.
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 07:14 AM
Aug 2015

They're the wurst.



















Agnes, do I really need the sarcasm emoticon?

tanyev

(42,583 posts)
2. “Their goal is to populate the United States and take it over.”
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 08:28 AM
Aug 2015

Oh, it's going to be a zombie cemetery. Well, yes, I can see how that would be alarming.



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