Posted: 04/23/2010 at 6:35pm
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Franklin Graham Disinvited from Pentagon Prayer Event
by Jennifer Riley, The Christian Post
WASHINGTON, DC - The Army rescinded its invitation to Franklin Graham to speak at the Pentagon for the National Day of Prayer over concerns about his remarks about Islam.
Army spokesman Colonel Tom Collins said Thursday that Graham’s comments about Islam were “not appropriate.”
Graham is under fire for past comments he made about Islam. He called Islam a “very evil and wicked religion” after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and more recently made disparaging remarks about the Muslim faith in an interview with CNN’s Campbell Brown in December 2009.
“True Islam cannot be practiced in this country,” Graham said to Brown. “You can’t beat your wife. You cannot murder your children if you think they’ve committed adultery or something like that, which they do practice in these other countries.”
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