Pentagon Urges Crazy Florida Pastor to Stop Holy Quran Burning Plans
The Pentagon is appealing to the crazy Florida pastor,Terry Jones, against repeating his last year's mistake, burning copies of the Holy Quran and images of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
The threat from the crazy pastor comes on top of a row over the publication this week by the Los Angeles Times of pictures showing US troops with dismembered bodies in Afghanistan in 2010 and the deliberate burning of copies of the Holy Book and Islamic religious documents by US troops at Bagram airport in Afghanistan in February that left 41 dead and more than 200 injured.
The last time Jones organized such a heinous act was on March 20 last year when he burned copies of the holy Quran in the grounds of his church. The afront prompted attacks on a UN compound in Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan in which seven UN employees died, and there were other fatal protests around the region.
Commander Bill Speaks, a Pentagon spokesman, said that we are aware of Pastor Terry Jones' threat to burn the holy Qur'an, and are monitoring the situation. "The last time Pastor Jones burned the Qur'an, back in March of 2011, more than 16 people died and more than 90 people were injured from the resulting protests.”
Sayed Hussani Balkhi, a Kabul member of parliament, said: "Burning the holy Book is a big sin. This action has to be condemned by the international community. If this person doesn't stop and he burns the holy Book again, then the patience of the Muslim people will end.
"And if the American people don't stop this mad person, then Muslims and the people of Afghanistan will stand on their own feet against them."
"Islam doesn't allow us to dishonor the Christian holy book, so it is the job of Christians to respect the holy Qur'an as well," said Jamshed Hashimi, a 45-year-old teacher at one of the private universities of Kabul.
Source: guardian
The last time Jones organized such a heinous act was on March 20 last year when he burned copies of the holy Quran in the grounds of his church. The afront prompted attacks on a UN compound in Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan in which seven UN employees died, and there were other fatal protests around the region.
Commander Bill Speaks, a Pentagon spokesman, said that we are aware of Pastor Terry Jones' threat to burn the holy Qur'an, and are monitoring the situation. "The last time Pastor Jones burned the Qur'an, back in March of 2011, more than 16 people died and more than 90 people were injured from the resulting protests.”
Sayed Hussani Balkhi, a Kabul member of parliament, said: "Burning the holy Book is a big sin. This action has to be condemned by the international community. If this person doesn't stop and he burns the holy Book again, then the patience of the Muslim people will end.
"And if the American people don't stop this mad person, then Muslims and the people of Afghanistan will stand on their own feet against them."
"Islam doesn't allow us to dishonor the Christian holy book, so it is the job of Christians to respect the holy Qur'an as well," said Jamshed Hashimi, a 45-year-old teacher at one of the private universities of Kabul.
Source: guardian
