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Olde Tyme Religion
Church plans Quran-burning event
2010-07-31
I see your problem sir. You're going to need to replace the toilet because it's been contaminated.
In protest of what it calls a religion "of the devil," a nondenominational church
Which is to say, generally Protestant Christian, rather than including Druids, Satanists, Hindus and Jews, right?
in Gainesville, Florida, plans to host an "International Burn a Quran Day" on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks.
That ought to get their turbans in a knot!

Way more at link. It was really tough not to grab the whole thing! :-)

This kind of thing is rude and unnecessary. That it's just as much protected speech as burning the national flag, that does not make it any better an idea. Burning the religious books of others has a long tradition -- the Catholic Church burnt the religious books of heretics, Jews, and Muslims; the Orthodox Church burnt the religious books of pagans and Jews; the Nazis burnt the books of everyone they disapproved of, including various varieties of Christians and Jews; Muslims at various times and places burnt everything that wasn't Quran, Hadiths, and Sunna... Burning books is an act that demonstrates the barbarity and poverty of thought of the perpetrators.
Posted by:gorb

#9  i'm sure musloms wouldmn
t have a problemwith burnoing bibles
Posted by: chris   2010-07-31 15:40  

#8  slighted => slightest
Posted by: gorb   2010-07-31 11:51  

#7  This kind of thing is rude and unnecessary.

To play devil's advocate:

It may be well placed in a way. The "moderate" muslims will see this and compare it to their own lethal riots at the slighted drummed up excuse and just have to sigh and carry on.

Those who are "radicalized" are going to get radicalized anyway.

The radicals, well, they'll just riot again, and more people will see them for what they are.

Who knows, maybe a few of them will see themselves for what they are and back off.

Besides, it's not like they're burning every last Holy Crayon.

I was tempted top put up the pic of the unnamed one who runs the Westboro Baptist "Church".
Posted by: gorb   2010-07-31 11:51  

#6  But of course! Everyone knows the Bible, Torah, and homosexuality are all widely accepted in the Muslim world.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-07-31 10:41  

#5  One of the quicker ways to identify a rube and a knucklehead is to note who burns books.
Posted by: Steve White   2010-07-31 10:39  

#4  Wanna bet that some government agency decides that this transcends free speech and intervenes?
Posted by: Highlander   2010-07-31 09:50  

#3  I have no idea what the church thinks it's doing.
Doesn't mean they don't know.
But one result will, or should be, that certain kinds of insulting, inciting, impolite speech are allowed to Christians, too.
Sort of a new concept.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2010-07-31 08:45  

#2  I'm sure the local university's Muslim Student Union is going to have something special planned for this day, too. Probably featuring lots of Pali flags (and defaced Israeli ones).
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2010-07-31 05:45  

#1  Whoops! I just saw that ryuge beat me to it on Page 2. If you think it worthy, maybe throw this link under there if you want to delete this article?
Posted by: gorb   2010-07-31 04:44  

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