Muslims denounce Chanel design

The rector of the Paris mosque, the head of France's Muslim community, denounced the fashion house Chanel after verses from the Koran were embroidered on the low-cut bodices of some dresses from its summer collection, AFP reports from Paris.

Dalil Boubakeur complained that the clothes were profane. He added: 'Associating the Koran with a woman's bust is inexcusable. The Koran is sacred.' Chanel asked newspapers to stop publishing photos of a revealing dress worn by the German model Claudia Schiffer and Chanel's designer, Karl Lagerfeld, has apologised to Indonesian Muslims who were the first to complain.