FBI Investigates Online Video Of Destruction Of Muslim Holy Book

posted July 11, 2006

FBI officials said they are looking into an online video showing two men shooting a Quran and then tossing the Muslim holy book down outside a mosque in Chattanooga.The video was posted June 17 on MySpace.com and is titled "kill the koran." One scene shows the two men taking turns shooting the Quran with a military rifle and then tossing it onto the sidewalk outside the Islamic Center at 1410 Cemetery Ave.The location is just off Central Avenue near the National Cemetery.The Council on American-Islamic Relations of Washington, D.C., asked federal officials to investigate.