A bar/restaurant shouldn't serve alcohol because its neighbor is a Mosque?? Really?? Couldn't the Muslims that attend the Mosque simply not hit the bar on the way to services?? Step by step - inch by inch . . . . .
Cultural divide: Mosque doesn't agree with restaurant's plan to serve alcohol
By Jessie Pounds
Sunday, April 5, 2009It's a Fort Sanders clash of cultures and good intentions.
On one side of the disagreement is a Muslim mosque, and some of its worshippers are unhappy about plans for a new restaurant that will serve alcohol.
On the opposing end of the clash is a business owner who says he's invested $1 million to upgrade a blighted building and has tried to accommodate Muslim worshippers during spiritual holidays.
The two entities - The Hill restaurant and the Anoor mosque - are a mere 191 feet apart.
Building owner Trevor Hill wants to offer alcoholic drinks along with home-cooking-style dinner and lunch menus, and he hopes to launch the eatery in about a week. He'll keep the restaurant open as late at night as is still profitable in hope of appealing to the young residents of Fort Sanders, where the building is located.
The possibility that the restaurant could serve as a local drinking hangout bothers mosque attendees like board member Nadeem Sidiqqi.
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