Religion Roundup
Critic of Islam Jailed in Alabama on Attempted Arson Charge
Associated Press
May 2, 2008
DAPHNE, Ala. - An Arab Christian known for debating Muslims and writing books critical of Islam is charged with attempted arson after being accused of endangering his condominium as he burned tax records of his religious organization.
Anis Shorrosh was arrested after fire broke out in a trash room at the building where he lives near Alabama's Gulf coast. About 50 residents had to be evacuated when smoke from a plastic trash container set off a fire alarm, but no one was hurt.
A resident used a fire extinguisher to put out the blaze, and authorities found remnants of tax records of Shorrosh's evangelical organization in the burned container.
Shorrosh's books include "Islam Revealed: A Christian Arab's View of Islam."
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