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Opinion: Is it Christian to burn the Qu'ran?

by Frank Kaufmann | September 9, 2010 at 12:05 pm

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This article compares Islam and Christianity, and examines the decision of Terry Jones to burn Qu'rans in front of his church this Saturday on 9/11.

Now, what if some random fellow of equally massive insignificance as "pastor" Jones situated in some Muslim village about the size of Gainesville Florida (pop. 124,000), say 'A?barah, Sudan (same population) managed to convince around 50 people, (about one or two families in his clan) to burn Christian Bibles this coming Saturday. How would things be going in that regard? My guess is that those Bibles would come and go with nary a Christian on earth ever hearing a word about it.

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YankeeJim

at 13:52 on September 9th, 2010

Exactly. Why?

1. Media would not cover the non news event.

2. Sudan has little political significance as it is underdeveloped

The significance in the US situation is that we are a nation that is supposed to give equal respect to all beliefs. We also have laws against hate crime, and burning Qurans, Bibles, and Confederate flags could each be considered a hate crime under certain circumstances.

This is ugly behavior akin to what gave birth the notion of the Ugly American.

Frank Kaufmann

at 14:15 on September 9th, 2010

Thank you for your observations

Perhaps I have pulled out the wrong teaser

The argument is properly developed in the article itself

http://2.ly/cwnk

I would be grateful to read your views if you have the chance to take in the brief article in its entirety here

ajax (not verified)

at 19:00 on September 9th, 2010

no it is not! this guy in florida only wants face time on national TV and he's come up with a perfect gimmick to get it....except it's outta gas. CNN is dropping him and when they do everyone else does. even fox