Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7420907.stm
Authorities in an Australian town have rejected proposals to allow an Islamic school to be built there.
Councilors for Camden, a small town on the outskirts of Sydney, unanimously voted against the proposed school for 1200 pupils.
The councilors said they based their decision solely on planning grounds, citing an internal report about its environmental impact.
The proposed development had met with fierce local opposition.
Camden's authorities received some 3,200 submissions from the public about the school and only 100 in favour.
Tensions reached their height last November when two pigs' heads were left on the site of the proposed school. Pork products are forbidden for consumption according to Islamic dietary laws.
Camden's mayor, Chris Patterson, stressed that the decision to reject the proposals was not made on religious or nationalistic grounds.
"It is a site issue, clearly a site issue," Mr Patterson said after the vote.