Burn-A-Koran Day to be held on anniversary of 9/11, tension mounts

[Inseriousity.]

My RE teacher always said "I applaud the Muslims cos when they're offended, they rally together and cry out whereas Christians have a little moan and that's the end of it", referring ofc to the scandal of South Park and their Muhammad sketch!

However, there are ways of protesting and burning a holy book isn't one of them. There are numerous people throughout history who have proven that you don't need to incite violence or hate to be victorious. The bombers of the 9/11 want us to fight, to argue amongst ourselves because that makes their mission so much easier, which is NOT to promote the word of Allah but to continue their grudge against the West.

PS. LOL, did anyone think Korean not Koran when they looked at thread title, which is ofc a lot nastier than burning a book! I'm so used to spelling it Qu'ran that I didn't think of alternative spellings

[Ardemax]

don't agree with the koran (or however you spell it) but i don't agree that burning them, will really do anything to remember the tragic day on 9/11

it is an attack on islam and tbh only a minority of islamic people are extremeists

[Mathew]

This guy is only in it for the publicity and the money. He's selling t-shirts and promoting his website all over, advertising his special day.

While I do think religion is the cause of pretty much all wars, arguments and disputes, I think this is a tad far and you have to learn to accept it was only a small group of people who performed the 9/11 attacks - so why take it out on a whole religion?

[Nixt]

He's exercising his right to freedom of expression, more than freedom of speech. Just saying.

Anyway, I personally think it's a ridiculous publicity stunt - in protest of the actions of the minority members of a religion, he is stooping down to their level and behaving in a way that can only be likened to the extremists he is trying to piss off. Doesn't really make sense to me, seeing as Christians are supposed to have the moral high ground and all that jazz. It's dangerous, will only fuel extremism and puts lives at risk. What a **** he is.

[PaulMacC]

I call my weed the Koran, because burning that **** will get you stoned.

[Camy]

My RE teacher always said "I applaud the Muslims cos when they're offended, they rally together and cry out whereas Christians have a little moan and that's the end of it", referring ofc to the scandal of South Park and their Muhammad sketch!

I would say they go over the top, and get offended by the smallest most pathetic things, but that's just my opinion.


Anywho, this is obviously not going to help anything, if anything it'll make the extremists do something in return 100 times worse. and I really wouldn't trust anyone who looked like that. Apparently he's got some sort of cult going aswell, so he's obviously a nutcase.

[RandomManJay]

Although I don't approve of his actions, I do respect him for upholding his right to freedom of speech. The only thing I really see here though is a guy who has over-generalised and decided to condemn an entire religion, despite the fact that the majority of followers of the Islamic faith don't have anything to do with extremism or wish to bring about the downfall of western society. By burning the Koran he is going to offend a hell of a lot of innocent people which I don't think is fair on them since they haven't done anything to deserve it.

Then again, in my opinion, religion is the perfect example of hypocracy, so there's bound to be conflict when it comes to someones (a religions) views of right and wrong.

[Catzsy]

I think what is rediculous is a man who is obviously a bit of a finatic and who has a congregation of 30 has got this publicity. The world media should have just ignored him. This has been blown out of all preportion. I agree it is tasteless but who is to blame here? The man or the people who have made his story worldwide.

[GommeInc]

Personally I hope this pastor gets what's coming to him. He's clearly a very ignorant little man who doesn't even understand his own religion, let alone other religions. The death threats are valid, because his views on the world are clearly invalid.

[Dean]

It seems out of order in my opinion to burn the Qur'an, even if you are against islam or such, it's quite offensive.