USA: 'Death to Islam' signs at West York Bar draw attention

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Jeff Seitz, who has owned and operated The Other Place for 17 years, said the sign in the window has been there for about a year. One of the signs inside the bar has been up since late 2001.

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By Brett Sholtis | June 30, 2015

Three Anti-Islam signs are getting attention after one area resident complained

That's the message on three signs at "The Other Place," a bar in West York. One of the signs, posted in a window, is visible from the sidewalk.

Jeff Seitz, who has owned and operated The Other Place for 17 years, said the sign in the window has been there for about a year. One of the signs inside the bar has been up since late 2001, he said.

"All my customers agree with me," Seitz said. "Everybody says, 'I love your sign.'"

Everybody— except for one man who recently moved to York Township from Baltimore, who walked into the bar while exploring West York.

The man declined to provide his name, citing fears of retribution, but has posted about the sign on social media and has reached out to media outlets.

Seitz said he put the signs up to protest the presence of Muslims in the U.S.

"These people blew up the World Trade Centers," Seitz said, also mentioning Nidal Malik Hasan, a Muslim U.S. Army major who fatally shot 13 people and wounded more than 30 people at Fort Hood, an Army base in Texas.

West York Police Chief Jason Seibel said no complaints have been filed about the sign. Anti Defamation-League Regional Director Nancy Baron-Baer said the signs' message would have to be more specific for it to be considered a threat.

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