Interfaith community responds to lawmakers

 

Published: October 26, 2007

TULSA (AP) - Remarks this week by some state lawmakers who rejected Qurans offered as gifts from an ethnic advisory council promote Islamophobia and promote mistrust and hostility, members of Oklahoma 's interfaith community said Friday.

Members also said Republican Rep. Rex Duncan 's comments this week about the Quran promoted "religious bigotry" and called upon Oklahomans to tell the lawmaker that his views do...


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