POSTED: 11:49 a.m. EST December 27, 2002

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- An Islamic civil-rights organization has asked the Guilford County Republican Party to remove a link to a Web site that it says misrepresents the Islamic faith.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, also wants the county's Republican Party to apologize to Muslims in North Carolina.

The Web site, IslamExposed.com, says that it was set up "with one objective in mind -- to expose one of the greatest evils on our planet -- Islam. We have the evidence and materials to prove that this false religion is nothing more than a barbaric occult invented by savages for savages."

The Guilford County Republican Party posted the link on its Web site with a disclaimer stating that it is presented as "interesting reading material relating to the War on Terrorism."

The disclaimer also states that the county Republican Party has not fully researched the site and that it does not endorse the opinions expressed on IslamExposed.com.

-- Anonymous, December 28, 2002