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| | ZAMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | Metin Kaplan, 51, the so-called "Caliph of Cologne," is the leader of the Union of Islamic Communities in Germany. |
 | | Kaplan was brought before the 14th Heavy Penalty Court because of accusations that he ordered people to attack, by using a plane, Fatih Mosque in Istanbul and Anitkabir, as well as the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic. |
 | | Kaplan read his nine-page defense in court, rejected all accusations and said: "Islam does not order the killing of people." He also claimed that people who were arrested while they planned an attack on Anitkabir, were tortured during interrogations, and their statements were taken under such circumstances. |
| www.zaman.com /include/yazdir.php?bl=national&alt=&trh=20041221&syf=butun (180 words) |
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