| From a site that is not one of our usual sources, so the story must be considered unconfirmed. That it was printed is nonetheless a datum. |
...One of the basic tenets of Islam is that once a Koran has been printed it is expected to last for all time, no matter how old, ratty, and smelly other, lesser holy books may become. Should it actually become necessary to put a Koran out of its misery there is a ritual that includes extensive charivari, featuring long drawn-wailing and head bonking, ritual wife beating, and the sacrifice of dozens of women's noses and pubic lips. When the actual disposal has been completed there is a prescribed period of celebratory gun sex with the expectation of a minimum of two hundred casualties. Should actual infidels dispose of a Koran, Islamic custom calls for three weeks of rioting and a minimum of three dozen dead, which is a holdover from the days of Moloch worship...by Talibs group in this province.
Provincial security Chief Gen. Ghulamullah Nuristani confirming the report said protests sparked in central Paron district after Talibs burnt a local school.
Gen. Nuristani further added at least 500 local residents of Paron district participated in the demonstration. Provincial security Chief Gen. Ghulamullah Nuristani said the demonstrators were shouting anti-Taliban slogans and urged for justice.
This comes as Talibs burnt a school in Want Waigal district two days back. According to provincial education department chief Dr. Ghulam Hussain hundreds of books including religious books and 300 Korans were burnt inside the school.
Nuristan province located on the bordering regions with Pakistain is among the volatile regions in eastern Afghanistan where Talibs are frequently carrying out insurgency activities. Local security officials say the Talibs backed by Pak military forces are frequently carrying out insurgency activities in various districts of this province.
Meanwhile a number of districts of eastern Nuristan province also witnessed cross-border incursion from Pakistain where hundreds missiles were fired into this province.