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STATEMENT FROM MUSLIM FAMILIES LIVING ON

COTON PARK, RUGBY WARWICKSHIRE.

We live on a new housing development called Coton Park. It lies on the outskirts

of Rugby & is very close to both the Town Centre & the Motorways of M1 M6 &

A14. The area is very nice & well kept.

This proposed site of this Pet food Factory is close to this large new residential

area. Numerous offices, shops and a hotel are also close by. We know that there

are many others close by who also share our devout Muslim Faith & there will be

many people who are both family & friends visiting us who are also of the same

faith.

The owners of the proposed factory (Butcher's Pet Care) do not dispute the claim

that meat extracts of pork will be pumped into the atmosphere via a 100ft

chimney. They have said that there will not be any chemical treatment proposed

to treat the meat extracts prior to leaving the factory.

It is very likely that under certain weather conditions this meat material will not

be properly dispelled and will instead settle and in effect "rain down" on the

surrounding area. A significant proportion of meats used in the pet foods process

are pig meat.

As you will be aware our Religion expressly forbids us to consume pig meat in

any form. The Qur’an states in no less than 4 different places that pork shall not

be consumed. However, because of the way in which this meat material will leave

the factory & given that the area can be "rained upon" we will be consuming pork

e.g. via inhalation of this "rain". Not only that but our clothes also be

contaminated by pork.

"Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that

on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah."

[Al-Qur’an 5:3]

Islam means "submission to the will and command of God" and a person who

embraces this religion is called "Muslim" which means "one who accepts and

submits himself to the will of God". A Muslim is obliged to be clean spiritually,

mentally and physically. Abstention from eating flesh of swine is one of the

obligations a Muslim must observe to attain purity of the soul and of the human

nature. Believers in Islam sincerely believe in the Holy Qur'an as the Word of

God, revealed to Prophet Muhammad.

Therefore we believe that not only will we be contaminated but also our Faith by

the owners of this proposed pet food plant. In this country we are allowed the

right to follow our religion & religious beliefs & others have recognised this right

of expression. By allowing this plan to go ahead our Religious rights are being

swept to one side for what appears to be economic greed. We feel sure that there

are other areas where this factory could be built that would not impact on us or

others like us.

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