Word: muslim
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reaction was swift and predictable. It began with officially sanctioned moves, and was encouraged when Governor Albert Brewer declared full state support for efforts to drive the Muslims out. The state filed several suits seeking to invalidate the Muslim purchase. Farm workers and whites dealing with the Muslims were repeatedly arrested on spurious charges. The tiny Pine Forest Missionary Baptist Church, whose cemetery is surrounded by Muslim land, filed damage suits of $250,000 against the Muslims for trespassing. Unofficial harassment was even worse. Six cows on the farm were shot and killed. Ray Wyatt, the white Pell City automobile...
Court Order. In mid-December, a temporary court order halted the officially sanctioned harassment. This week civil-liberties lawyers backing the Muslims and their few white partners are scheduled to go into U.S. District Court in Montgomery to seek a permanent injunction against the anti-Muslim drive. Nevertheless, local resistance to the Muslim intrusion remains high in St. Clair, where about 85% of the residents are white...