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| Hindus want to publicly burn Korans, Bibles |
| 2010-11-04 |
 The article is in German. Google translation is here. Short summary: Radical Hindus (not particularly nice guys IMO) want to publicly burn Korans and Bibles on Bundesplatz in Berne. Islam experts are appealing to the cantonal police to ban this demonstration, fearing a dangerous response by the ROP. It is of course the threat of burning Korans (Bibles are irrelevant), a violation of Rushdie rules, that is turning what should be a local human interest story into an international affair. |
| Posted by:Omaing White7048 |
| #10 I have sincerely missed IRB, the face of moderate Islam. |
| Posted by: Steven 2010-11-04 23:43 |
| #9 They should throw a couple copies of Dianetics on there, too. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2010-11-04 19:00 |
| #8 As I recall, I wasn't allowed to say anything when some knucklehead put a crucifix in a jug of urine and called it 'art'. Because it was 'to make me think', you know. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-11-04 16:04 |
| #7 Heck, as long as they are burning holy books, they should throw in a few Torahs as well. Let's see which religion throws the hissy fit and which religions don't. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-11-04 15:23 |
| #6 No, the realistic fear is that Islam will get into a rumble with Switzerland, that there will be terroristic attacks and murder. The issue is not Hindu radicalism or rejection and denigration of Christianity. One political ideology that calls itself a religion is just more equal than others and must not be criticised under any circumstances. Polite scholarly criticism is just as verboten as crude and vulgar mockery. "Silence, I kill you!"(*)(**) (*) It's funny because it's true. (**) And it works! |
| Posted by: Omaing White7048 2010-11-04 14:04 |
| #5 So the radical Hindus might get into a rumble with the radical Muslims? You say that like it's a bad thing. What about the radical Lutherans? Are they coming? And are they gonna bring their shivs? |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-11-04 13:12 |
| #4 India understood long before anyone about the "Muslim problem". That's why they created/gave away the territories that makeup modern day Pakistan to the Muslims, in the hopes that the Muslim minority in India would all move there. Many did. It kept India from having problems for many years. The Muslims in India have a history of building mosques on top of Hindu holy sites, rioting for elevated privileges, and generally pissing off the Hindu majority population. Hindus, most being vegetarian (and pretty mellow people as well) don't get agitated easily, but when they do... look out. |
| Posted by: Dinah Kanser 2010-11-04 13:02 |
| #3 Thanks for the translation. However, I found myself getting lost in the Naked Yoga icon beneath Hindu raging boy. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-11-04 12:09 |
| #2 And which religion will issue death threats? Hmmm.... |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-11-04 11:31 |
| #1 Giving credit where credit is due, in India, radical Hindus are pretty obnoxious. While I could imagine them being against Muslims, who are always in their face, they also have a major down on Christians, pretty much solely because they're not Hindus. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-11-04 10:16 |