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May 2013 saw the circulation of a rumor that Muslim immigrants living in the Belgian municipality of Ath had demanded that local schools stop serving pork products in their cafeterias in accordance with Islam's religious restrictions on the consumption of such foods ... only to be told rebuked by the mayor, who asserted that Muslims needed to adapt to local customs, not vice-versa: In an announcement posted to Ath's website at the time, Mayor Duvivier not only denied having made the statement attributed to him, he also denied that any request about removing pork from canteens had ever been presented to him. In his press release, Duvivier explained that no person of any nationality or ethnic group whatsoever have made such a request to the municipal services, with Mr. Bruno Boel, Municipal Secretary, or myself ... this is a lie, adding that the presence of pork in school canteens had never been an issue. This false item appeared to be another entry in the collection of anti-Muslim screeds that feature government officials criticizing immigrants for supposedly refusing to adapt to the local cultures of their new home countries. Variations: A variant of this item shifted the locale from Belgium to Dorval, Quebec, Canada. In 2016 the tale moved around the planet to Maryborough, Victoria, Australia.
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