Saturday, April 23, 2011

Some Muslims call Quran-burning 'worse than 1,000 deaths," police chief testifies

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The head of the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn cautioned the Dearborn Police chief that some Muslims in his mosque feel that the burning of a Quran is worse than 1,000 deaths, according to court testimony today.



Full story: http://www.freep.com/article/20110422/NEWS02/110422036/Some-Muslims-call-Quran-burning-worse-than-1-000-deaths-police-chief-testifies
That detail was intensely argued in a jury trial today in Dearborn district court of Pastors Terry Jones and Wayne Sapp, who burned a Quran last month in Florida.


Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad testified that Imam Hassan Al-Qazwini, who heads the Islamic Center, told him that for some members of his mosque, burning the Quran was considered a major crime. Qazwini expressed concern about how some young members of his mosque might react to Jones, Haddad testified

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