Muslim group asks official to apologize for Facebook post
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A Muslim civil rights group is urging an elected official in north Louisiana to apologize for sharing a Facebook post that it says was Islamophobic.
The News-Star reports Ouachita Parish Police Jury member Jack Clampit wouldn't comment on the Council on American-Islamic Relations' request for an apology.
But Clampit told the newspaper that he can't "please everybody" and doesn't have time to research everything he posts on his personal Facebook page.
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The Washington-based council said the post Clampit shared depicts a bearded man on the toilet and says Muslims use their hands instead of toilet paper.
Group spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said in a statement Thursday that public officials have a duty to promote "inclusion and unity, not bigotry and division."
In Louisiana, a police jury is a local governing board.