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'No true Christian would burn Quran'
[Iran Press] Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says no pious Christian would support the "evil" plans of a US church to burn copies of the holy Quran.Actually they would. The Muslim holy book means no more to an actual Christian than does "Birds of North America" or any Mickey Spillane novel. Maybe less, because it's not very interesting. The remarks were made after a meeting with foreign ambassadors, as plans by Florida pastor Terry Jones to torch copies of the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attack continue to draw condemnation from Muslim and non-Muslim leaders. "We are certain that no true follower of Christ is willing to act in line with this pastor's wishes and go down this path with him," Mehr News Agency quoted Mehmanparast as saying on Thursday. Unless I'm mistaken, expecting to cause worldwide riots by burning a bible will get you mere looks of curiosity. Having set idolatry behind it, Christianity doesn't "worship" the bible in the same sense Mohammedans worship the Koran. Mehmanparast said Foreign Minister Mottaki had called on the envoys to discuss the anti-Islamic plans with their governments and properly respond to this matter. He went on to echo earlier remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who denounced the plans as a "Zionist plot, and against the teachings of all divine prophets." Jones' decision has even angered the Catholic Church, with the Vatican council blasting the Florida church's scheme as an "outrageous and grave gesture against a book considered sacred by a religious community." Senior Washington officials have slammed the plans as "disrespectful," "disgraceful" and "un-American." Earlier on Friday, angry demonstrators marched in Tehran to condemn the Islamophobic decision, as protests in neighboring Pakistan and Afghanistan as well as India and Indonesia continued. Following the fierce international condemnation of the plan, Jones, a radical evangelist, announced on Thursday that he had put his Quran burning plans on hold. Posted by: Fred 2010-09-11 |
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