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  • Apology not enough from pope: Marin Muslims want more from pope

    09/19/2006 10:37:44 PM PDT · by Kipp · 19 replies · 607+ views
    The Marin Independent Journal ^ | 9/19/2006 | Paul Liberatore
    Imam Mehdi Khorasani is disappointed with the pope's choice of words. (Special to the IJ/Kevin Hagen) Ever since Pope Benedict uttered his inflammatory remarks about Islam last week, the little white phone in Imam Mehdi Khorasani's mosque in the Fairfax hills has been jangling incessantly with calls from upset members of Marin's Muslim community. Even after the pope issued an apology, outraged e-mails have continued overflowing Khorasani's inbox and his phone has not stopped its relentless ringing, shattering the silence of the cavernous, carpeted hall where the gray-bearded cleric presides in his brown robes and black turban. "Some of them...