AL.com reports that an Islamic civil liberties and advocacy group wants Alabama and federal authorities to investigate “anti-Muslim bigotry expressed” on social media posts allegedly made by the Gurley (AL) Police chief last month.
The Alabama chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations released a statement on Friday about Chief Barry Pendergraft’s Facebook posts regarding bacon grease covered bullets.
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On Sept. 23, Pendergraft posted a video of himself loading the bullets with the text, “100 more bacon grease covered bullets in the box! This relaxes me so!!”
On Sept. 27, Pendergraft uploaded a picture of a box filled with the ammunition. He posted, “Happiness is a couple thousand rounds in the ammo box! Bacon grease dipped of course!!”
As of Saturday morning, Pendergraft switched his Facebook page from public to private.
CAIR Executive Director Khaula Hadeed said the chief’s posts support a false belief that Muslims cannot go to heaven if they are shot by the bullets. The Quran forbids Muslims from eating pork because pigs are considered unclean.