Jewish and Islamic groups lashed out at a conservative Baptist leader for calling the Prophet Mohammad a “terrorist.” In a transcript released last week of an interview slated to be aired Sunday on the CBS news magazine “60 Minutes,” the Rev. Jerry Falwell also said he believes the prophet of Islam was a “violent man, a man of war.”
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