Friday, September 10, 2010

Quran-Burning on again, off again

This article really surprises me for many reasons. First of all, it is shocking to me that a church would want to burn copies of the Quran as their way of remembering the events of September 11. . It is disrespectful, and it also seems like they are stereotyping the entire religion of Islam. To me, it seems like they are saying all Muslims can be blamed for what happened at 9-11. It is also horrible to read about the effects this is having on people. There are protests going on in Afghanistan are causing people to be hurt or killed. But, these protests are NOT pointless, because what Terry Jones is trying to do is absolutely awful. As stated in the article, "Muslims consider the book the sacred word of God and insist it be treated with the utmost respect." How would the people who planned to attend this burning feel if the Muslim people planned to spend a day burning Bibles? It is the same situation, if not worse. The fact that this could be happening tomorrow sends the message that all those involved believe that the entire religion of Islam should be blamed for things that extremists did.

1 comment:

  1. I agree that it's wrong for Reverend Jones to punish all Muslims for what happened on September 11th. Cleric Rusbi Hasli of Indonesia said that whether or not Reverend Jones burns the Qu'ran, he has already hurt "the heart of the Muslim world". The scary thought now is that if violence is occuring at the idea of Reverend Jones burning the Qu'ran, what if he actually does it?

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