Bigotry in Jail
Sunday, April 15, 2007
From the AP:
A jail chaplain who distributed anti-Islam booklets with derogatory depictions of the prophet Muhammad has been suspended, officials said.
The Rev. Teresa Darden Clapp, a chaplain at the Rockland County jail since 1994, was suspended with pay Thursday pending an investigation to determine possible disciplinary action, said William Clark, the jail's chief.
The booklets characterize Muslims as worshipping an "idol" and devil called Allah, and portray Muhammad as a criminal and a "religious dictator." Allah is the Arabic word for God, and Muslims believe they worship the same God as Christians and Jews.
One cartoon story says Islamic fundamentalists who commit terrorist acts are not "bad Muslims" but "very good Muslims" who act according to their religion. Another says Allah is not God, Muhammad was no prophet and the Quran is not the word of God. Both stories end with people being convinced that Islam is false, and in one, a contrite Muslim converts to Christianity.
Muslim inmates said the insults were compounded by the booklets' drawings of Muhammad. Islam forbids the depiction of any prophet from the Quran.
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