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    "International Burn a Quran Day"

    I'm surprised that nobody has started a thread on this topic yet.

    A preacher of a nondenominational church in Florida is hosting an event called the "International Burn a Quran Day" on September 11th. As stated in the title of the event, preacher Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center plans to burn copies of the Quran as part of an event "to remember the 9/11 victims and take a stand against Islam".

    http://articles.cnn.com/2010-07-29/u...ooper?_s=PM:US

    The story has spread across the country and sparked controversy. Numerous individuals and groups have come out against the event, including Gen. David Petreaus, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Catholic Church in Vatican City, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

    My thoughts:

    The First Amendment to the Constitution gives individuals the freedom of expression and the freedom of speech. Because of those freedoms, Mr. Jones and his church has the freedom to voice their displeasure at the Islam religion and express said displeasure by burning copies of the Quran at their church.

    However, just because an individual has the freedom to do something, it doesn't mean it is a good idea to do it.

    September 11th should be a day to remember the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and honor the victims who lost their lives that day nine years ago. Mr. Jones is taking that day and using it not to unite everyone to remember the 9/11 fallen, but to divide people by promoting religious intolerance.

    Mr. Jones' event on September 11th reminds me of the protests that Fred Phelps and the Westboro "Baptist" Church stage across the country at the funerals of fallen soldiers. Westboro's idea of outreach to the community is to hold up signs that celebrate the death of our military personnel and dishonor the soldiers and their families at funerals. Mr. Jones' idea of outreach is to burn copies of another religion's sacred text and unilaterally dishonoring an entire religious group in which many of its members had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks or any other terrorist activities.

    What will the "International Burn a Quran Day" event accomplish? What does the church think will happen as a result of their activities? Will any Muslims be converted from Islam to Christianity as a result of burning Qurans? I don't think so. If somebody burned a copy of the Bible, the Torah, or one of your most prized and cherished possessions, would you start agreeing with the person that burned it and start following their ways? Of course not.

    There are plenty of ways to reach out to the Muslim community to promote peace, love, and brotherhood. Burning Qurans is the worst idea imaginable other than blowing up Mosques. Jones has the freedom to burn Qurans on 9/11, but it is a stupid and counterproductive idea that should not happen.

    Anyone else care to comment?

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    Re: "International Burn a Quran Day"

    This guy is as far out there as the muslim extremists. Any other comments I have about this will be BLEEPED so.......that's all folks

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    Re: "International Burn a Quran Day"

    Jones is wasting his time and is off his rocker. Burning those crayon books, or whatever, won't do any good. Have to toast muslims. Nuke 'em! and let allah sort 'em out.

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    Re: "International Burn a Quran Day"

    TA, I pretty much agree with you all the way on this. To me, this is just as insensitive and a bad idea as building the mosque in NY city. This is certainly not the way to convert or persuade Muslims.

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    Re: "International Burn a Quran Day"

    Muslims are protesting worldwide saying that if Jones goes thru with it, then: "Death to America! We will destroy America!" they chant that as they burn the American flag.

    Because, after all, if you are trying to make a point that burning something represents an offensive act....then you yourself have to be offensive and burn something .

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    Re: "International Burn a Quran Day"

    Quote Originally Posted by Geaux Dawgs View Post
    This guy is as far out there as the muslim extremists. Any other comments I have about this will be BLEEPED so.......that's all folks
    This guy is out there...no doubt. This is just a publicity stunt for his church. But, to say that the mindset that burns books in protest is the same as the mindset that burns people is over-exaggeration at best.
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    Re: "International Burn a Quran Day"

    Quote Originally Posted by dawg80 View Post
    Jones is wasting his time and is off his rocker. Burning those crayon books, or whatever, won't do any good. Have to toast muslims. Nuke 'em! and let allah sort 'em out.
    That day is coming. It will be brought to us courtesy of Iran.

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    Re: "International Burn a Quran Day"

    This story has been all over the news here. I support his freedom of speech one hundred percent.

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    Re: "International Burn a Quran Day"

    Well I guess, if nothing else, we'll find out how much further the muslims want to push their luck by reacting to this guy ..... this coupled with the WTC mosque. Looks like it's all coming to a head anyway, hopefully in muslim countries rather than our own.

    I guess TV will broadcast the mother of all book burnings.

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    Re: "International Burn a Quran Day"

    So y'all defend the burning of Qur'ans, but condemn the "mosque"? There is no comparison really.

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    Re: "International Burn a Quran Day"

    Quote Originally Posted by JuBru View Post
    So y'all defend the burning of Qur'ans, but condemn the "mosque"? There is no comparison really.
    Neither action is appropriate or helpful, but you are right when you say there is no comparison. A symbolic statement by a group asserting their belief that Islam is a false religion and demonstrating their resistance to it's undeniably inherently violent nature, is not in the same league with the horrible "in your face" affront of erecting a mosque near the site of so much death, violence and destruction in the name of that religion.
    Last edited by LookingForResults; 09-09-2010 at 12:52 PM.

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    Re: "International Burn a Quran Day"

    Anybody see a problem/double standard here? I don't remember a big uproar by the media and muslims over this one. IMHO, this loonie preacher has the right to do his burning but should have kept his and his church's ego in check and did it in private.


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    Re: "International Burn a Quran Day"

    How is that a double standard?

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    Re: "International Burn a Quran Day"

    Burn what you want, Preacher.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/...rning_reaction

    Quit appeasing moderate Islamists who will not stand against terrorism.

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    Re: "International Burn a Quran Day"

    It is one thing to appease Islamist. It is another thing to use God's House as a backdrop to burn the Quran.

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