You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
India-Pakistan
Man held for desecrating Holy Quran
2006-06-09
Police arrested a Shia Muslim for allegedly burning the Holy Quran, an official said on Thursday. Police arrested the man on Wednesday in Rawalpindi after burned pages of the Holy Quran were found in his second-floor apartment in the city's Ghazni Road neighbourhood.

Police searched the home after the detainee's relatives reported seeing him carrying copies of the Holy Quran and walking with a cameraman into his apartment, a Rawalpindi police officer said on condition of anonymity. The man has not been officially charged yet but is due to appear in court soon. No date has been set. The cameraman was also detained but he is expected to be released, the officer said. Police suspect the man may have been trying to make a movie of the burned Quran to use it as evidence to implicate some of his Sunni neighbours in a blasphemy case, the officer said.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Let's really piss 'em off. I call for a "National Day of Urinating on the Koran".
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-06-09 08:52  

#2  Saudi authorities routinely sieze and burn the non-approved korans of Haj pilgrims.

Posted by: john   2006-06-09 07:09  

#1  The burned pages are obviously a set-up. What is uncertain is, who intended to set up whom. Just another episode in the 14 century-long desecration/blasphemy racket.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2006-06-09 01:19  

00:00