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me what to believe,” he said. “Is there anything
wroi^ with Hxmgarians living with Himgari-
ans, or Jewish people living with Jewish peo
ple? What’s wrong with Christians living with
other Christians?”
Vespa-Papaleo said there are narrow exemp
tions in state law for owner-occupants, but
could not say whether they might apply to
Fabics’ case.
Fabics has two rdigious statues that he says
miraculously weep holy tears.
“I have tons of evidence that this is indeed
God’s house,” he said. ‘Tve been working on
God’s stuff for 14 years now.”
But New Brunswick officials claim he has
also beai operating an illegal roomir^ house,
and issued him a summons charging him with
violating a local ordinance. He is due in munic
ipal court Aug. 2 to fight the charges.
The determination as to whether Fabics’
home is a two-family home or a rooming house
also will have an impact on whether the civil
li^ts division decides to pursue the case,
Vespa-Papaleo said.
Fabics said he added the language about God
to his leases because past tenants have said
whatever he wanted to hear in order to rent
there.
“People lie to me, and then when they move
in, they don’t care about God or morality or
anythtr^,” he said. ‘1 don’t want people that
use drugs, alcohoHcs, people that he.”
He also doesn’t want unmarried tenants
spending the night with a boyfiiend or girl-
fiiaid.
“That’s against the teachings of the Roman
CathoHc Church,” he said, but added “I can’t
control that.”
Fabics said if someone insists on moving in
without affirmii^ a b^ef .in God, he will let
them, but only after making his own feelings
clear.
“It’s their decision to make,” he said. “It’s not
an absolute requirement. I tell them that this
is a Christian household and’that God does
exist.”
One of his tenants is Mushm, and affirmed a
behef in God before moving in, he said.
Richard Zuckerman, a former tenant who
rented firom Fabics for six months, said he
loved hvir^ there.
“What Joe said to me was, Tf you don’t like
Gkxi, don't move in,”’ he said. “He’s a devout
Roman Catholic. He goes to church every
morning. I respect that. I paid my rent and we
got along well. We had no problems. It was
enjoyable here.”
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Muslim leader: Charge mosque
defiler with federal hate crime
Man allegedly
rolled pig’s head
into mosque
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEWISTON, Maine-A
leader at a .Lewiston mosque
says he is hopeful federal
charges wiU be filed against a
local man who already faces
state and local action for
rolling a pig’s head into the
mosque dxiring a prayer ses
sion.
Abdi Sheikh, the adminis
trative head of the Lewiston
Auburn Islamic Center, said
it would be appropriate for
the U.S. attorney to file a fed
eral hate Clime complaint
against Brent Matthews.
“I tiiink it win send a pow
erful message to Mr,
Matthews and others who
may want to do harm dth^
to the Islamic community or
any other community” said
Sheikh.
Matthews, 33, was charged
with desecration of a place of
worship, a misdemeanor, for
rolling a fiozen pig’s head into
the mosque while 26 men
prayed on the ni^t of July 3.
Pig and pork products are
consida^ dirty in Islamic
culture.
On Thursday Attorney
General Steven Rowe filed a
civil lawsuit. allegii^ that
Matthews was motivated by
bias based on race, color,
ancestry national origin and
religion. The ccanplaint seeks
to have the court bar,
Matthews fiom having con
tact with the mosque or its
members and to order bim to
abide by the state’s anti-dis
crimination law.
Federal hate crime com
plaints in Maine are rare.
U.S. Attorney Paula Slsby
was out of her office on PTiday
and not available for com
ment.
James Howaniec,
Matthews’ attorney
ejq^ressed fioistration at the
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possibility of a third com
plaint.
‘Tve been doing this for over
20 years now and Tve never
seen three prosecutors’ offices
attempting to get their hands
on a misdemeanor charge like
they have with this case,”
Howaniec said.
Howaniec said his client lost
his part-time job because of
the fallout finm the incident.
He also has sought counsel
ing, Howaniec said.
“He’s very discouraged by
this,” Howaniec said.
Judge John McElwee on
Thursday loosened some of
the earlier bail r^trictions on
Matthews, who is firee on
$200 bail.
Matthews isn’t allowed
within a two-block area of the
mosque or to have inappropri
ate contact” with people he
knows to be Somali. The judge
also dropped a prior restric
tion barring Matthews fiom
having alcohol.
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