Tom, many of these ‘peculiar customs’ exist only to inconvenience westerners; moslems do it on purpose, as they know damned well westerners are so naive and terrified of the mighty moslems, they will grovel and comply with the most stupid demands.

It’s truly a pity the cops had not just visited a pig farm, as Cat says! And this is in U.K., not the middle east! The police must have had reason to raid the fort, er, mosque.