 The mufti of Jerusalem added his voice yesterday to allegations that copies of the Qur'an had been abused in an Israeli prison as hundreds of Palestinians staged protests in the occupied territories. "The occupation authorities have followed the American example in profaning the holy Qur'an," Sheikh Ekremah Sabri told worshippers attending the weekly prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque. "The media have reported the abuse committed by the jailers and the police who tore up copies of the Qur'an in front of the heroic detainees at Meggido prison to provoke and humiliate them, and we have corroborated this information," he added.
| All this while the Israelis have been jugging Paleostinians, and they've never thought to desecrate any Korans until now. Must be coincidence that it happens when that's the atrocity du jour... |
Palestinian detainees at Meggido in northern Israel accused the authorities earlier this week of deliberately ripping out pages of the Qur'an during a search of their cells, claims which have been rigorously denied by the Israeli prison service. |