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Mosque plan stirs neighborhood

KATY, Texas | A plan to build a mosque in this Houston suburb has blown up into a neighborhood dispute.

Some residents warn that the place will become a terrorist hotbed, and one man is threatening to hold pig races on Fridays just to offend Muslims.

Many neighborhood residents say that they have nothing against Muslims and are more concerned about property values, drainage and traffic.

However, one resident has set up an anti-Islamic Web site with an odometer-like counter that keeps track of terrorist attacks since Sept. 11, 2001. A committee has formed to buy another property and offer to trade it for the Muslims’ land. . . .