[QUOTE=The Associated Press]KABUL — The US commander of the Afghan war has warned that troops' lives will be endangered if a Florida evangelical church goes ahead with a planned burning of the Koran on Saturday's 9/11 anniversary.
General David Petraeus said the planned torching of Islam's holy book would be a propaganda coup for the Taliban in Afghanistan and stoke anti-US sentiment across the Muslim world.
The Dove World Outreach Center at Gainesville, Florida says it will burn copies of the Koran on this weekend's ninth anniversary of the September 11 airborne attacks in protest at what it calls "the evil of Islam".
In an interview with Tuesday's Wall Street Journal, Petraeus said of the event: "It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort.
"It is precisely the kind of action the Taliban uses and could cause significant problems. Not just here, but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the Islamic community," he said.
The planned protest by the 50-member Florida congregation -- whose Facebook page bears the motto "Islam Is Of The Devil" -- has already triggered outrage in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country.
In late August about 100 Indonesian Islamists demonstrated outside the US embassy in Jakarta and threatened "jihad" or holy war if the US Christian group went through with the event.
Alleged desecration of the Koran by US troops in both Afghanistan and Iraq has been an incendiary issue in the past, including when a US soldier deployed to Iraq riddled a copy of the holy book with bullets in 2008.
A subsequent demonstration by about 2,000 people in central Afghanistan turned violent, with a Lithuanian soldier and two civilians killed in an exchange of gunfire between protestors and police.
The Florida church's pastor, Terry Jones, said Petraeus's concerns were "legitimate".
But in a statement to the Wall Street Journal, he added: "We must send a clear message to the radical element of Islam. We will no longer be controlled and dominated by their fears and threats."
Interviewed by AFP in July, Jones said: "Islam and Sharia law was responsible for 9/11.
"We will burn Korans because we think it's time for Christians, for churches, for politicians to stand up and say no; Islam and Sharia law is not welcome in the US."[/QUOTE]
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So they hate Islam and they hate the troops? What a bunch of of fuckers.
I don't get the church's logic. They buy Qurans = giving whoever prints them money, and burn them, which is the only proper way to dispose of one. It's like they're doing Islam a favor.
Saw on CNN earlier, fuck that bigoted bastard.
[QUOTE]"We will burn Korans because we think it's time for Christians, for churches, for politicians to stand up and say no; Islam and Sharia law is not welcome in the US."[/QUOTE]
No Islam = no Muslims = get the fuck outta our country yew gawtdamn ragheads
[QUOTE=FunnyBunny;24660809]They buy Qurans = giving whoever prints them money, and burn them, which is the only proper way to dispose of one. It's like they're doing Islam a favor.[/QUOTE]
Yeah too bad a lot of Islam doesn't see it that way. But yeah.
[QUOTE=FunnyBunny;24660809]I don't get the church's logic. They buy Qurans = giving whoever prints them money, and burn them, which is the only proper way to dispose of one. It's like they're doing Islam a favor.[/QUOTE]
But, isn't it offensive that they're burning the Quran for all the wrong reasons?
The foundation message of the Koran is peace, prayer, and love. Same as the bible.
[QUOTE=Testabar;24661650]The foundation message of the Koran is peace, prayer, and love. Same as the bible.[/QUOTE]
'cept for the problematic little "kill infidel" bits in both books.
[QUOTE=Deutschbag;24661850]'cept for the problematic little "kill infidel" bits in both books.[/QUOTE]
It's truly unfortunate that one little thing like that could get people riled up and ready to kill nonbelievers. It's... depressing.
It's a testament to how fucking stupid as a species we can be, and frankly it's sobering.
Why can't we just dissolve organised religion? :sigh:
if you burn Qurans then you hate America :colbert:
[QUOTE=Triumph Forks;24664560]if you burn Qurans then you hate America :colbert:[/QUOTE]
Fucking this!
Just read this on the BBC news site. It's like the guy organising it thinks every Muslim is a terrorist end of story. This is the sort of thing that makes me think retard whenever Americans are mentioned.
Also I'm not bashing Americans, I have American relatives who I like a lot and are genuinely nice people, it's just spoiled by these sorts of nut jobs.
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11209738[/url]
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