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| 'No true Christian would burn Quran' |
| 2010-09-11 |
| [Iran Press] Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says no pious Christian would support the "evil" plans of a US church to burn copies of the holy Quran. Actually they would. The Muslim holy book means no more to an actual Christian than does "Birds of North America" or any Mickey Spillane novel. Maybe less, because it's not very interesting. The remarks were made after a meeting with foreign ambassadors, as plans by Florida pastor Terry Jones to torch copies of the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attack continue to draw condemnation from Muslim and non-Muslim leaders. "We are certain that no true follower of Christ is willing to act in line with this pastor's wishes and go down this path with him," Mehr News Agency quoted Mehmanparast as saying on Thursday. Unless I'm mistaken, expecting to cause worldwide riots by burning a bible will get you mere looks of curiosity. Having set idolatry behind it, Christianity doesn't "worship" the bible in the same sense Mohammedans worship the Koran. Mehmanparast said Foreign Minister Mottaki had called on the envoys to discuss the anti-Islamic plans with their governments and properly respond to this matter. He went on to echo earlier remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who denounced the plans as a "Zionist plot, and against the teachings of all divine prophets." Jones' decision has even angered the Catholic Church, with the Vatican council blasting the Florida church's scheme as an "outrageous and grave gesture against a book considered sacred by a religious community." Senior Washington officials have slammed the plans as "disrespectful," "disgraceful" and "un-American." Earlier on Friday, angry demonstrators marched in Tehran to condemn the Islamophobic decision, as protests in neighboring Pakistan and Afghanistan as well as India and Indonesia continued. Following the fierce international condemnation of the plan, Jones, a radical evangelist, announced on Thursday that he had put his Quran burning plans on hold. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 MULLAH LODABULLAH! Tha's the best name I think i have seen on here LMAO |
| Posted by: chris 2010-09-11 15:47 |
| #6 No true Christian, redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ, would claim that the son-less allah of the koran is the same god as the Father who so loved the world that He sent his only begotten Son to die for us. There are, however, many professing christians, as well as muslims, who claim that muslims, Jews and Christians worship the same God. They are anathema / cursed (Galatians 1:8) "But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any "good news" other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed." |
| Posted by: Mullah Lodabullah 2010-09-11 15:19 |
| #5 Since they will make every attempt to save a Koran... I always thought we made a tactical mistake by not spreading lots of korans all over the Pashtunistan section of Pakiwakiland. The easiest would be to print the koran on toilet paper and drop millions of open rolls out of the backs of C-5As flying over. It would take every everybody in those provinces decades attempted to restore those korans. That's a lot of Taliban, AQ and the ilk taken out of the game. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2010-09-11 14:12 |
| #4 The big difference remains that Muslims burn Bibles out of censorship, fear, that Muslims would read them and leave Islam. Christians might burn the Koran not out of censorship, but utter contempt and disgust, much as they might burn a book advocating on behalf of pederasty by NAMBLA. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-09-11 11:35 |
| #3 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says no pious Christian would support the "evil" plans of a US church to burn copies of the holy Quran It was "true muslims" who killed 3000+ people on 9/11 in a sneak attack on the United States. I recall the dancing in the streets, the burning building, bodies aflame jumping of the tower. Your evil would have killed far more if you could have. So Ramin, old boy, when muslims speak no one believes them. Their hatred and deeds speak volumes. I, like many, didn't think too much about islam prior to 9/11. Since that time, because of the various acts of islamics, I have come to equate islam with evil. The evil is sometimes dramatic and overt while at other times it is both creepy and creeping. It creeps into other cultures like a virus. Thanks but no thanks for your opinion on the anniversary of 9/11. You've already done enough. It will never be forgotten. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-09-11 08:08 |
| #2 I support the burning of the Koran, just like I support the burning of Mein Kampf and the Communist Manifesto -- with one provision, you should actually read them before burning. They are the operator's manual for the totalitarian thugs of the world, and deserve NO respect. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2010-09-11 03:56 |
| #1 NEWS KERALA > 9-11: NEW TOWERS RISING UP FAST AT GROUND ZERO. * Meanwhile, on Topic, SAME > NEPAL MUSLIMS WARN OF WORLD WAR III OVER RELIGION. * SAME > "MUMBAI-II" COULD START/IGNITE [new]FULL-BLOWN INDO-PAKISTAN WAR: US PANEL. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-09-11 01:37 |