• Falwell apologizes for comment about Muhammad

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LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Jerry Falwell apologized Oct. 12 for saying on the CBS program "60 Minutes" that the founder of Islam was a terrorist, according to the Associated Baptist Press.

Falwell's comments calling Muhammad a "terrorist" and a "man of war" angered Muslims around the world.

Falwell, pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Va., said the quote came in response to a "controversial and loaded" question that he shouldn't have answered.

"I sincerely apologize that certain statements of mine ... were hurtful to the feelings of many Muslims," Falwell said in a statement. "I intended no disrespect to any sincere, law-abiding Muslim."

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