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| Iran calls for trial of Qur'an burners |
| 2011-03-26 |
| [Iran Press TV] Iran has called on the United Nations ... aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... to condemn a church in the US state of Florida for burning a copy of the Mohammedan holy book of Qur'an. Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaei said the incident offended Mohammedans all around the world, underling that such acts promote violence. Violence by whom, exactly ... The Iranian official also noted that those who planned and carried out the desecration should be tried by judicial authorities. On March 20, American evangelical preacher Wayne Sapp set fire to a copy of Qur'an in a small church in Florida. Sapp, a member of the Dove World Outreach Center, claimed that the holy book had been found "guilty" of crimes in the course of an eight-month trial and was therefore "executed." Several Mohammedan scholars have described burning the holy Qur'an as a hate crime and a blasphemous act. They say such krazed killer acts are the end result of promoting Islamophobia in the United States. Legal experts say that based on international laws, the US is duty bound to prevent the spread of religious hatred. Terry Jones, the head of Dove World Outreach Center, who had planned to burn Qur'an last year on the anniversary of September 11, 2001 attacks, was also present during the event. Jones' plan had sparked outrage in the Mohammedan world with millions demonstrating across the globe to denounce the desecration of the holy book. The plan was finally cancelled at the last minute when US officials warned him of the possible consequences. The Vatican council had also blasted Jones' scheme as an "outrageous and grave gesture." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 What is really scary is that a lot of the members of Congress (and more than a few in the Executive Branch and White House) would agree. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-03-26 23:34 |
| #8 If it's international laws, I don't believe it is, actually, just that they wish it were. Another attempt to make America their blue-eyed Janissaries. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-03-26 19:33 |
| #7 Send them to my house - I burnt one during the big koran cookout last summer. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2011-03-26 18:04 |
| #6 Oh...well, if "legal experts" say so. Like, who? Matlock? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-26 17:45 |
| #5 Legal experts say that based on international laws, the US is duty bound to prevent the spread of religious hatred. Really? Just the US, Legal Experts? If it's international laws, one would think it would apply to other countries, as well. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-03-26 17:33 |
| #4 For that matter, how many Korans, of those containing what the Salafists consider apocrypha, have Saudi authorities seized from entering hajjis and destroyed? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-03-26 11:48 |
| #3 And how many Bibles and Torah's are burned by Iran, Saudia-Arabia, and the other Islamic (spit!) states on a daiy basis as a matter of official government policy? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-03-26 08:23 |
| #2 Settle down. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-03-26 01:39 |
| #1 I feel a quran stuffed pig BBQ coming on. Ayatollahs invited, but they have to bring the camel piss lemonade. |
| Posted by: Crerenter Unairong2430 2011-03-26 01:32 |