Obama Bans Pork from Prisons, CAIR Praises Decision

NEWSMAX: …”In general we welcome the change because it’s facilitating the accommodation of Muslim inmates,” CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said. “We hope it’s not an indication of an increasing number of Muslims in the prison system.”

Non-pork options have long been available to observant Jews and Muslims, who can’t eat pork products for religious reasons.

The nation’s 206,000 federal prisoners still can buy packaged pork rinds and pre-cooked bacon in the prison commissary… (more)

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