Minister Farrakhan responds to controversy over reports of Qur’anic desecration at Guantanamo Bay detention facility

CHICAGO (NOI.org) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam in America held a press conference May 25, 2005 from Mosque Maryam in Chicago, IL.  He addressed the question of Islam being a "religion of violence" and furor that erupted after a May 9 Newsweek article reported Qur'anic desecration at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba. See full press statement.