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Afghanistan
Obama Condemns Koran Burning, Afghan Revenge Killings
2011-04-03
President Barack Obama has denounced as "outrageous" the killings in Afghanistan that have been triggered by the burning of a Koran by a radical Christian preacher in the United States.

In a statement released by the White House, Obama says "the desecration of any holy text, including the Koran, is an act of extreme intolerance and bigotry."
Bigotry is a subjective term. Jones expressed his extreme disapproval of Islam, but he did not interfere with anyone's access to the text of the Koran nor did he call for the Koran or Islam to be banned. Mere disapproval is not intolerance.
Oddly enough, what Rev. Jones did was hold a trial of the Koran. The prosecutor was a Christian convert from Islam, the defense attorney was a practicing imam, the jury watched and voted on-line, and the proceedings were live-streamed and recorded. Details here. To a Muslim supremacist, that unbelievers and apostates dared to put the Koran on trial ought to be a greater insult than that it was burnt.
However, the statement continues, "to attack and kill innocent people in response" to the burning of a Koran is "outrageous" and "an affront to human decency and dignity."
It is also an example of bigotry and intolerance.
The U.S. president's statement adds that "no religion tolerates the slaughter and beheading of innocent people, and there is no justification for such a dishonorable and deplorable act."
Some destructive cults like Aum Shinrikyo religions, like Islam in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, do mandate, not 'tolerate', the execution of those who have left said religion. That would be an example of intolerance and bigotry as well.
The burning of a copy of Koran reportedly occurred on March 20 in a small Florida church. Pastor Terry Jones outraged millions of Muslims last year when he announced plans to set fire to copies of the Koran on September 11.

Afghans learned about last month's reported Koran-burning when Karzai condemned the desecration of the Muslim holy book a few days afterward.
Reminder: Karzai is a 'friend' and 'ally.'
Protests over the Koran burning have also taken place in the northern town of Sheberghan and the western city of Herat, but demonstrations there were peaceful.

Alem Rahmanyar, a Radio
Islamofascistic
Free Afghanistan correspondent in Sheberghan, said some 1,000 people marched in the city on April 1, condemning the desecration of the Koran and demanding an apology from the pastor.
Posted by:Cluns Unavirong6767

#6  Hit 'Submit' too soon...

In summary Barack H. Obama as CIC of the US armed forces is responsible for what he himself called "act(s) of extreme intolerance and bigotry."
Posted by: Cluns Unavirong6767   2011-04-03 15:11  

#5  And for some additional perspective the US military did burn Bibles in Afghanistan with the intent to keep these books' message from the Afghan people.

Yes, these Bibles were sent unsolicited and proselytizing was against orders, but in the end the US gov burned Bibles as trash, instead of respectfully sending them back.

Selective outrage indeed!
Posted by: Cluns Unavirong6767   2011-04-03 14:58  

#4  Definitely. And worthy of drinks:
F-150, F-150, F-150
Posted by: SteveS   2011-04-03 13:52  

#3  ahhhh, but what did he say in arabic?

Snark o'the day, definitely.
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-04-03 12:57  

#2  President Barack Obama has denounced as "outrageous" the killings in Afghanistan that have been triggered by the burning of a Koran by a radical Christian preacher in the United States.

ahhhh, but what did he say in arabic?
Posted by: Frank G   2011-04-03 12:18  

#1  It is also remarkable that Obama, the chief law enforcement officer of the US, speaking to a foreign audience did not mention important facts:

Personal opinion aside, Jones was exercising his free speech rights. What he did was perfectly legal.

It is one of the duties of the US Federal Government to protect the constitutional system in the US, American's constitutional rights and freedoms from outside interference.

This may be obvious to most Americans but it would have been news to the Afghans. Coming from Obama, this would have been a strong message.
Posted by: Cluns Unavirong6767   2011-04-03 12:01  

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