Burn a Koran bad, burn a Holy Bible okay? - National Homeland Security | Examiner.com

Burn a Koran bad, burn a Holy Bible okay? - National Homeland Security | Examiner.com: "

Panic Surrounding Rogue Pastor's Plan To Burn A Koran On The Anniversary Of 9/11

Political Correctness Run Amok As The President On Down Beg The Pastor From Florida Who Has About 50 Followers To Reconsider His Koran Burning Plan

The fear in the west concerning the potential backlash from the proposed burning of the Koran is most probably warranted. One need only look at the worldwide reaction from Muslims when a Dutch cartoonist published something not to their liking. Riots and death threats abounded.

The reactions of the west and of the Muslim world will typically vary in this regard. American Flag burning and rioting is more of the norm in some of these Muslim societies where in the west reactions to distasteful situations will be found most likely in editorials and on op-ed pages.

Christian missionaries may be kidnapped or killed based on the accusation of the 'crime' of spreading Christianity, where in the United States and elsewhere there truly exists freedom of religion.

How many churches or synagogues have been built in the Muslim world versus the number of mosques that have been built in the United States? Why worldwide outrage over the asking of the location of the Cordoba House to be moved several blocks away from Ground Zero?

Would the Japanese have been welcomed to build a Temple mere feet from Pearl Harbor in 1950?

How Some Parts Of The Muslim World Have Treated The Holy Bible In The Past, If The Argument Surrounds The Treatment of Holy Books?

I reprint here snippets from four stories that show examples of disregard for the Bible, courtesy of Plancks Constant.

1) 25 May 2005, Saudi Arabia Desecrates Hundreds of Bibles Annually

Washington DC - The Saudi government burns and desecrates hundreds of bibles its security forces confiscate after raids on Christian expatriates worshiping privately or at border crossings.

As a matter of official policy, the government either incinerates or dumps bibles, crosses and other Christian paraphernalia.

Hundreds of Christian worshipers are arrested every year by Saudi police in raids on their private gatherings. Bibles, crosses and printed materials are confiscated and later burnt or dumped into trash. Bibles and other Christian paraphernalia found with travelers into the country are confiscated and destroyed...

2) 10 Dec 2006, Muslim Students Urinate, Spit On Then Burn Bible

TWO Muslim students have been expelled from an Islamic school in Melbourne for urinating and spitting on a Bible and setting it on fire.

The explosive incident has forced the East Preston Islamic College to call in a senior imam to tell its 650 Muslim students that the Bible and Christianity must be respected.

Anxious teachers at the school have also petitioned principal Shaheem Doutie, expressing 'grave concern' about an 'inculcation of hatred and radical attitudes towards non-Muslims' at the school, including towards non-Muslim teachers...

3) 18 Jun 2007, Christians in Gaza Fear for Their Lives as Muslims Burn Bibles and Destroy Crosses

Father Manuel Musallem, head of Gaza's Latin church, told the AP that Muslims have ransacked, burned and looted a school and convent that are part of the Gaza Strip's small Romany Catholic community. He told the AP that crosses were broken, damage was done to a statue of Jesus, and at the Rosary Sister School and nearby convent, prayer books were burned...

4) 19 Dec 2008, Muslims burn Bible in Pakistan

Pervez Masih tells AsiaNews that on that day, he and others were whitewashing and decorating the little church for Christmas. They stopped at noon for lunch, leaving the church open. When they returned, they found the bible and other sacred texts reduced to ashes, and a handwritten letter telling them to convert to Islam if they wanted to 'live in peace' and avoid hell. In Pakistan, there is significant controversy over the law on blasphemy, condemning even to death those who offend the sacred book of Islam, the Qur'an. But nothing is done against blasphemous acts toward the books of other religions...

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