Newsweek magazine apologized to the victims of last week's deadly protests in Afghanistan, which were sparked when a Newsweek report stated that U.S. officials defiled the Koran . But Islamic parties in Pakistan say the Newsweek apology is a transparent attempt to defuse Muslim anger. Qazi Hussain Ahmad , the head of an Islamic party alliance told the BBC on Monday that Newsweek's clarification held no weight. "There have been reports by the prisoners who have been released from Guantanamo Bay of desecration of the holy Koran, and different atrocities perpetrated on them." The Tuesday edition of the Pakistani daily newspaper ,the News , quoted Hafiz Ehsan Saeed, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, as saying that the Koran was routinely desecrated at Guantanamo. "Unfortunately relations are so bad at this point that the perception will linger;" said Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations . "Many people won't believe it. They'll believe the magazine was pressured into doing a retraction." Hooper said.
 magazine apologized to the victims of last week's deadly protests in Afghanistan, which were sparked when a Newsweek report stated that U.S. officials defiled the . But Islamic parties in Pakistan say the Newsweek apology is a transparent attempt to defuse Muslim anger. , the head of an Islamic party alliance told the BBC on Monday that Newsweek's clarification held no weight. "There have been reports by the prisoners who have been released from Guantanamo Bay of desecration of the holy Koran, and different atrocities perpetrated on them." The Tuesday edition of the Pakistani daily newspaper the News quoted Hafiz Ehsan Saeed, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, as saying that the Koran was routinely desecrated at Guantanamo. "Unfortunately relations are so bad at this point that the perception will linger;" said Ibrahim Hooper of the . "Many people won't believe it. They'll believe the magazine was pressured into doing a retraction." Hooper said.
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