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Islamic leaders decry Tea Party reference to Muslim ?monkey-god?

By ADF Alliance Alert

CNN: Williams, who also referred to "animals of Allah," was rebuked Thursday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The group issued a release Wednesday calling on other Tea Party activists to repudiate Williams' remarks . . . For his part, Williams was unapologetic toward Muslims. "In the course of the article I described the 'god' worshiped by terrorists as 'a monkey god,'" he wrote on his Web site. "I was wrong and that was offensive. I owe an apology to millions of Hindus who worship Lord Hanuman, an actual Monkey God."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on May 20, 2010 (boomark / email).