Burning the Koran

[miles]

Remember those US soldiers who burned the Korans and forced Obama to apologize about it? Did you ever think to ask why they were burned?

The original story, unchanged, is that previous 'detainees' had written in the margins. And the writings were of a nature to instruct the next reader in anti-social behavior. One might see how this could cause the military to burn those books. Books that were originally provided by the military to begin with.

http://articles.cnn.com/2012-02-21/...s-coalition-forces-afghan-protests?_s=PM:ASIA

However, the writing in the margins of the holy Qur'an is considered to be an abasement of Gods words in the religion of Islam. And the proscription for such debasement is to 'burn the book.'

http://www.ourdialogue.com/q4.htm

So it appears that the US military did exactly the right thing according to the tenants of Islam, for apparently the wrong reason. So why the riots? Because the right thing was done for the wrong reason, or merely because any reason will do?

 

[Zhelbie]

Because that information was not distributed in the mass media here, and people there are suspicious of us and wouldn't believe it if we told them the reason. The evidence is now destroyed, so we can't prove anything, either. It's sad, to the point where I can't even come up with the words to explain my thoughts on the subject =/

 

[EnlightenedAneurysm]

They rioted because it's another example of Western Culture mocking another country's religion when their own religion - Christianity - is just as shit and provides just as little evidence for it's claims.