Christians desecrate Quran
FBI LOOKING AT WEB SITE SHOWING SHOOTING OF QURAN - TOP BILL POOVEY, Associated Press, 7/10/06Federal authorities are looking into a video that shows two men shooting a Quran with a military rifle, then throwing the bullet-riddled Muslim holy book at the entrance of a a Chattanooga mosque, an FBI agent said Monday.The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations on Monday had called on the Justice Department to investigate the incident as a possible civil rights violation. The group said it was the latest in a series of incidents targeting mosques in several states. . .The video, titled " kill the koran" was posted on MySpace.com last month, said CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper. It could still be seen on the Web site on Monday.
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http://www.tfponline.com/absolutenm/templates/breaking.aspx?articleid=2615&zoneid=41 FBI officials began an investigation today of an online video showing a Chattanooga resident shooting a gun at and throwing a Quran at the entrance of the local mosque as a possible violation of civil rights, officials said."We're letting the attorneys look at it to make decisions about whether it appears there is a federal violation," said Tim Burke, supervisor at the FBI's Chattanooga office. . .
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