Store owner’s sign reminds that BBQ pork restaurants are “safest” because of lack of Muslims

The fuss over a sign in Alabama at an electronics store reading "BBQ PORK RESTURANT (sic) IS SAFEST NO MUSLIMS INSIDE" shocked its longtime owner who said he doesn't understand why it's such a big deal. Electronic Repair Company owner Chuck Biddinger, who put up the sign last week, said he meant the message as a joke. After all, he said, it wasn't even the most offensive one he had ever posted.



That award goes to a sign he posted last May that read "A dog is wiser than a woman - it does not bark at its master," earned heat from domestic violence groups in Alabama. "The women's groups went ballistic," he said from his East Lake, Ala., shop. Biddinger said to pacify them he put a public service announcement urging victims of domestic violence to call a hotline.

But he said this sign has received more positive reaction than negative - and he has no plans to apologize to anyone offended. "I have gotten a few complaints about it, but for every one complaint about it I've had, 10 people tell me that they like it and support it," he said.



He said that while it was meant as a lighthearted joke, it was true. "Muslims do not eat pork," he said. "It's a known fact that Muslims have tried to commit crimes in this country." On Friday, Biddinger said he planned to take the sign down sometime soon, but hadn't quite had the time to do it - and was still looking for something equally eye-catching.