JERUSALEM (Ma’an) -- A Florida church which says it intends to burn 200 copies of the Quran is not acting "within the teachings of Christianity," the patriarch of the Greek Orthodox church in Jerusalem said Thursday. The Council of Churches in the Middle East condemned the plans, calling them in a statement a "detestable crime against the teachings of Jesus Christ, and all of the values of the Church."
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India Leads Calls For Action to Stop Koran Burning
KABUL (Reuters) - India led calls on Thursday for the United States to intervene to halt a small church's plan to burn copies of the Koran in commemoration of the September 11 attacks and urged a media blackout to calm tensions.
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This whole business is absolutely absurd. This crackpot should have been ignored. The media basically elevated a complete loon to international status. Pathetic.
ReplyDeleteThis man had the wisest thing to say about it all:
Sajjad Karim, a Muslim and member of the European Parliament for Britain, told the chamber Thursday that the Quran burning "is the act of one man and his followers alone. His actions should not be identified with the West or Christianity. Muslims globally must know that, through this Quran burning, this man will achieve nothing. He has been isolated in his country and his religion. It is only through a reaction that any perverse sense of achievement can be earned."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/10/florida.quran.reactions/index.html
While I agree with Mr. Karim's sentiments, I suspect that the loon's show will have increased his fan base, sorry, congregation, and the cheques will be pouring in from sympathetic nutters.
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