U.S. Pastor Terry Jones Burns Quran, Stirs Up Violence

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I keep wondering...why burn it? There are more creative approaches.

Perhaps one could rip its pages out of the binding, run them through a low-end paper shredder, and make paper mache'. Then form it into a pinata and fill it with...oh, I don't know...individually wrapped bacon candied in maple syrup. And finally, let children from the local church beat on it as part of a benefit of some sort.

Way more creative than just burning it, IMO.

[T-Rock]

I keep wondering...why burn it?

I agree….rather than burn it, since over 60% of the Qur’an is devoted to how the Kafir (non-Muslims) are to be treated by Muslims, I think everyone should read it - then its contents wouldn’t be distorted…

[Pete]

Pastor Who Burned Koran Says He Was Duped Into Holding Back

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/us/17jones.html?_r=1

"GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The pastor who stoked violence in Afghanistan earlier this month by burning a Koran in March produced a recording on Saturday that he said proved he was deceived last September when he agreed to cancel plans to burn 200 copies of the Koran................"

So now he has a recording of what Musri told him last year. So now who do we believe? Hmmmmmmm.

[SF-TX]

Originally Posted by Pete

So now he has a recording of what Musri told him last year. So now who do we believe? Hmmmmmmm.

What did Mohammad have to say about lying for the cause?

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 267:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, "Khosrau will be ruined, and there will be no Khosrau after him, and Caesar will surely be ruined and there will be no Caesar after him, and you will spend their treasures in Allah's Cause." He called, "War is deceit'.


Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 52:

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 268:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle called,: "War is deceit".

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 269:

Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:

The Prophet said, "War is deceit."

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Originally Posted by incarcerated

http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...-paul-marshall

Afghan Blowback

There is no reason to restrict our freedoms at home.
April 8, 2011 4:00 A.M.

In response to this baleful drama, the first thing to understand is that accusations of apostasy, blasphemy, and insulting Islam are protean. In the Muslim world, blasphemy punishments are not used primarily against religious insult by the intolerant, but against those who express unpopular or dissenting views. International human-rights groups report that in Pakistan, blasphemy charges are also commonly used against neighbors and co-workers to settle personal scores.

Muslim blasphemy has recently been defined to include: denouncing stoning as a human-rights violation (Sudan), opening girls’ schools (Bangladesh), criticizing the Guardianship of the Jurists (Iran), petitioning for a constitution (Saudi Arabia), use of the word “Allah” by Christians (Malaysia), rejecting an order for violent jihad (Sudan), praying at the graves of relatives (Saudi Arabia), translating the Koran into Dari (Afghanistan), accidentally tearing a calendar page containing a Koranic verse (Pakistan), naming a teddy bear after a boy named Mohamed (Sudan), urging that the Koran be understood in its historical and cultural context (Indonesia), teaching Shiism (Egypt), and calling for a ban on child brides (Yemen). Mob violence, intimidation, court trials, and penalties accompany these cases.

Does this smack of our own 'Fairness Doctrine', where the government is essentially allowed to censure some, in order to give 'equal time' to others?

Is there a parallel here between this blasphemy law and what kept Germans in fear of the Gestapo?

We have our own issues here in our country. Its distressing to see the 'illuminated' Harry Reid obviously needs to go back and read Thomas Payne and Thomas Jefferson.