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Updated: 9/02/2010 10:52 am
GARDEN CITY, Kansas (AP) - Muslim leaders in southwest Kansas are considering opening a private cemetery that would serve members of their faith.

Abdulkadir Mohamed, vice president of Somalis of Southwest Kansas, says that in recent years, Muslims from southwest Kansas have been buried in a Wichita cemetery that better serves the religion's requirements.


A growing number of Muslims, many from Somalia and Burma, have settled in southwest Kansas, most to work in four meatpacking plants within a 70-mile radius of Dodge City and Liberal. An estimated 500 Muslims live in Garden City.

Muslim leaders asked Garden City in June to set aside a segment of Valley View Cemetery for members of their faith.

The Garden City Telegram reports that City Commissioner Nancy Harness told Muslim leaders on Saturday that the city would not agree to segregate the cemetery.
 
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badkat - 9/3/2010 8:45 AM
Too bad we don't live in Arizona!

nissalyn - 9/2/2010 9:36 PM
Also read up on the diffeence between the peacefulness of what most Muslims believe and what the Muslim extremists who practice Jihad believe. I believe that ignorance breeds intolerance.

nissalyn - 9/2/2010 9:34 PM
Racist remarks shouldn't be tolerated anywhere. Wishing someone dead because of their religion? This shouldn't be allowed. It spawns hate crimes. Shameful.

51gopher - 9/2/2010 7:43 PM
Well you are partially right badkat. We have lost many Americans to keep freedom of religion in America, and that includes the right for them to be able to start a private cemetary for Muslims. You might want to read up on how the Irish were treated and the Chineese when they came to the US.

nissalyn - 9/2/2010 4:34 PM
Many Americans have been lost to ensure we all have the freedom to practice whatever religion we choose to practice. As long as practicing your religion does not break the law or interfere with the rights of other people it is un-American to say they CAN'T practice it.

badkat - 9/2/2010 4:09 PM
I don't see a problem with them having their own cemetary either just as long as it's in their own country! This is america and our founding fathers did not say 'in allah we trust' or 'in budda we trust' they said 'In God we trust'! This is American soil and we have lost many Americans to keep it that way!

nissalyn - 9/2/2010 12:29 PM
I agree gopher. I'm Catholic and we opened our own cemetary were I live. They should not have a problem with it if they do not want to segregate and these people have every right to their own cemetary that is fitted to their customs and their beliefs. This is America and that is what our soldiers fight for. Freedom. They are not hurting a soul. I say good for them. I just urge the officials of the church to take every precaustion to keep out smart alecs who want to vandalize. It has happened even in Central Kansas.

51gopher - 9/1/2010 7:41 PM
I agree that they shouldn't segregate the cemetary so the Muslim leaders are right in opening a private cemetary. Just exactly what is the big deal?


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