Tea Party Leader: Allah Is 'Monkey God'

By Nx Doyle,  Newser User
Posted May 19, 2010 6:44 PM CDT Posted May 19, 2010 6:44 PM CDT
Promoted on Newser May 20, 2010 6:18 AM CDT
Tea Party Leader: Allah is 'Monkey God'
Mark Williams is outraged over the planned mosque.   (AP)

A prominent Tea Party leader has lashed out at the proposed construction of a mosque near Ground Zero, calling Allah a "monkey-god." On his blog, Mark Williams, chairman of the Tea Party Express, called the planned mosque and cultural center a monument to 9/11 terrorists "for the worship of the terrorists' monkey-god," reports the New York Daily News.

While the project's organizers have yet to comment on Williams' remarks, a spokesman from the Council on American-Islamic Relations has hit back, saying, "It would be shocking if such ignorant comments failed to elicit a strong response not only from Tea Party leaders, but from other parties throughout the political spectrum." Read the full article. (More Mark Williams stories.)

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