Muslims call for day of outrage
5/20/2005 6:04 PM
By: News 14 Carolina
The IPPA is encouraging others to voice their concerns about prisoner mistreatment and religious intimidation by calling or e-mailing the White House.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Newsweek recently retracted a controversial story about American interrogators desecrating the Quran at the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, but the Islamic Political Party of America is calling for a national day of outrage on May 23.
The IPPA is encouraging others to voice their concerns about prisoner mistreatment and religious intimidation by calling or e-mailing the White House.
A recent Newsweek story described American interrogators desecrating the Quran at the detention center in Guantanamo Bay.
"We are constantly told that this is not a war against Islam and if it truly isn't – which I believe religion probably plays a small part in this war – but if it truly is not against Islam, they would stop using religious intimidation," said IPPA chairman Jibril Hough.
"Our whole purpose of this is to get people to call in – not only Muslims, but concerned Christians and Jews and anybody who loves justice and right," IPPA national organizer Ali Abdur-Rashid said.
Newsweek has stated that despite its retraction, it will continue to investigate charges of religious intimidation.