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Franklin Graham still cool on Islam

Reverend Franklin Graham (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
Reverend Franklin Graham (UPI Photo/Monika Graff) | License Photo

WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- Evangelist Franklin Graham said he was disappointed at missing National Day of Prayer ceremonies in Washington but stuck to his jaundiced view of Islam.

Graham fell out of favor with organizers of official observances at the Pentagon after some Muslim military personnel raised objections to statements he made in The Wall Street Journal calling Islam a "very evil and wicked religion."

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Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham, made the rounds Thursday with appearances on Capitol Hill and outside the Pentagon.

The Washington Times said Graham didn't backtrack too much in his views of Islam. He told reporters he stuck to his belief that only Christians could attain salvation. "I don't accept this notion that all roads lead to God," he said.

Graham also chastised Islam for supposedly treating women in "horrid, horrid" fashion. "I'll stand up for women's rights every day of the week," he said.

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