NEW CITY, N.Y. -- A jail chaplain who distributed anti-Islam booklets with derogatory depictions of the prophet Muhammad has been suspended, officials said.
The Rev. Teresa Darden Clapp, a chaplain at the Rockland County jail since 1994, was suspended with pay Thursday pending an investigation to determine possible disciplinary action, said William Clark, the jail's chief.
The booklets characterize Muslims as worshipping an "idol" and devil called Allah, and portray Muhammad as a criminal and a "religious dictator." Allah is the Arabic word for God, and Muslims believe they worship the same God as Christians and Jews....
Clarence Sexton | 8/31/2009
