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Copies of Koran found lying in a drain in Pak (more riotong alert)
Indian Express ^ | 2/8/06 | Press Trust of India

Posted on 02/08/2006 9:50:47 AM PST by voletti

Lahore, February 8: At least 3,000 protesters enraged by the alleged desecration of the Koran clashed with police and torched two cinemas in Pakistan's second largest city Lahore, police said on Wednesday.

The city, was tense after the mob rampaged through a poor neighbourhood overnight and also smashed up dozens of vehicles, local police officer Mohammad Abbas said.

The trouble erupted late on Tuesday when copies of the Muslim holy book were found lying in a drain in the Bhatta chowk area on the fringes of the sprawling city.

"The news of the desecration of the Koran spread quickly in the neighbourhood and within no time some three to four thousand people took to the streets shouting slogans against the desecration," Abbas said.

He said the crowd armed with bamboo sticks turned violent, setting fire to two cinema houses and attacking public and private properties.

"Police used a mild baton charge to restore order, but the situation is very tense," he said.

Abbas said police have registered a case against unknown people under the country's blasphemy laws.

(Excerpt) Read more at expressindia.com ...


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1 posted on 02/08/2006 9:50:49 AM PST by voletti
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I don't know why they had to go all the way to Pakistan to find these...they could have looked in the sewer behind my house...right next to the dirty postcards of mohammed.


2 posted on 02/08/2006 9:53:02 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
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To: voletti
If that is all it takes for these people to destroy themselves, perhaps we have had the wrong approach when using smart bombs.
3 posted on 02/08/2006 9:54:30 AM PST by ConservativeMind
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To: voletti

OK, someone dropped a Koran in the gutter.

And the appropriate response is to burn theaters and destroy property why, exactly?


4 posted on 02/08/2006 9:54:53 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: ConservativeMind

Precisely my thoughts.


5 posted on 02/08/2006 9:55:09 AM PST by voletti (Awareness and Equanimity.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

ROTFLMAO!! You almost made me choke on my crad salad!


6 posted on 02/08/2006 9:55:11 AM PST by Russ
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To: voletti

Religion of peace alert.

I think I need to purchase some of that Koranic print T.P.


7 posted on 02/08/2006 9:55:23 AM PST by trubluolyguy (Where did they get those ref's, the WWE?)
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To: ConservativeMind

I think you're on to something here...


8 posted on 02/08/2006 9:55:46 AM PST by talleyman (Kerry & the Surrender-Donkey Treasoncrats - trashing the troops for 40 years.)
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To: voletti

Here's what I'd like to know: Is there anything that will make these a**holes smile?


9 posted on 02/08/2006 9:55:54 AM PST by RexBeach ("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
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To: voletti

Moos are morons. But maybe they'll just self-destruct and the Normal World can move on.


10 posted on 02/08/2006 9:56:17 AM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government "job" attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: voletti

How fun must it be to be a business owner in a Muslim country...to have your business burned down by an angry mob all because somebody found a book lying in a drain which, by the way, you probably had nothing to do with...

What fun!


11 posted on 02/08/2006 9:56:37 AM PST by Gator101
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Were they pissed, sh%t on and doused with pig entrails? ... Darn.


12 posted on 02/08/2006 9:57:39 AM PST by Frenetic
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Do none of these people have jobs ?
(or is this a muslim fringe benefit - "time off for rioting"?)


13 posted on 02/08/2006 9:57:42 AM PST by talleyman (Kerry & the Surrender-Donkey Treasoncrats - trashing the troops for 40 years.)
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To: RexBeach

A infidel beheading would, for sure...


14 posted on 02/08/2006 9:57:43 AM PST by Freedom_Fighter_2001 (When money is no object - it's your money they're talking about)
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To: Russ
"ROTFLMAO!! You almost made me choke on my crad salad!"

Just wait 'til I post my mohammed-image grilled cheese sandwich on e-bay!!

15 posted on 02/08/2006 9:57:54 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
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3,000 protesters don't riot. They are an army engaging in holy war. WAKE UP ALREADY.


16 posted on 02/08/2006 9:59:32 AM PST by weegee (We are all Danes now.)
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To: Joe 6-pack
Imagine what a tizzy these bearded goofballs would be in if they knew I cut out the covers of my koran into insoles for my shoes to wear each September 11th. 

I only do it one day a year though, I don't like to have that much evil so close to me.

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

17 posted on 02/08/2006 10:00:30 AM PST by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: Freedom_Fighter_2001

Yeah, that had occurred to me. But what, if anything, do these people enjoy doing for fun? What makes'em smile or happy? Anything? Or...are they just all stupid and out of work?

I saw a fascinating piece at the Naval Institute the other day about the ultimate fall of the Arab world. It's a good read. I think it was posted here at FR earlier this week.


18 posted on 02/08/2006 10:00:41 AM PST by RexBeach ("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

"And the appropriate response is to burn theaters..."

What if there was a koran in the theater? Oops, no virgins for you.


19 posted on 02/08/2006 10:00:44 AM PST by JeffersonRepublic.com (There is no truth in the news, and no news in the truth.)
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To: Freedom_Fighter_2001

Yeah, that had occurred to me. But what, if anything, do these people enjoy doing for fun? What makes'em smile or happy? Anything? Or...are they just all stupid and out of work?

I saw a fascinating piece at the Naval Institute the other day about the ultimate fall of the Arab world. It's a good read. I think it was posted here at FR earlier this week.


20 posted on 02/08/2006 10:01:05 AM PST by RexBeach ("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
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