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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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To: talleyman

They really do have nothing else to live for.


21 posted on 02/08/2006 10:01:12 AM PST by Callahan
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To: voletti

Maybe there is money to be made in Korans-On-A-Rope, to eliminate the problem of them dropping into gutters.


22 posted on 02/08/2006 10:01:16 AM PST by KJC1 (Papers in 21 nations have printed the 'toons, the list is growing!)
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To: voletti

lol..these people are NUTS!! The Koran was probably dropped by one of the RIOTERS THEMSELVES!
It has to be hard to hold a copy of the Koran, while simultaneously burning the denmark flag, the american flag, the british flag, the France flag and shooting semi-automatic rifles in the air....LOL


23 posted on 02/08/2006 10:01:37 AM PST by penelopesire
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To: voletti

In my fantasy world, we would leave Korans lying in gutters like cheese in a moustrap, then just wait for them to start rioting by the thousands...kaboom.


24 posted on 02/08/2006 10:02:19 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: voletti

Every riot death is encouraging.


25 posted on 02/08/2006 10:02:25 AM PST by montag813
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To: talleyman

"Do none of these people have jobs ? "

Muslims don't need jobs, they're subsidized by Americans buying mid-east oil.


26 posted on 02/08/2006 10:02:35 AM PST by JeffersonRepublic.com (There is no truth in the news, and no news in the truth.)
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To: KJC1
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27 posted on 02/08/2006 10:05:00 AM PST by TXBSAFH (Proud Dad of Twins, What Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger!!!!!!)
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To: RexBeach

Of vourse there is something that makes Muslims smile. Evid a little Muslim rave pary lol www.glumbert.com/media/rave.html
I wish I knew what was going on there


28 posted on 02/08/2006 10:05:02 AM PST by bayourant
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To: trubluolyguy

Planning on wiping out Islam, are we ???

(diving for cover)


29 posted on 02/08/2006 10:05:08 AM PST by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
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To: voletti

OK, here's the plan. We give these people a nuke...but we make it so big that they can't move it...then we set it up for them in mecca with a big button. Any bets how long it'll take some bozo to push the button even though the nuke is stuck in place?


30 posted on 02/08/2006 10:05:13 AM PST by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: bayourant

http://www.glumbert.com/media/rave.html


31 posted on 02/08/2006 10:05:29 AM PST by bayourant
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To: jiggyboy

Wonder if I could get a taxpayer funded NEA grant to submerse a koran in a jar of urine and take a picture of it.


32 posted on 02/08/2006 10:07:21 AM PST by weegee (We are all Danes now.)
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To: voletti

I've got to tell you, it is not often that an enemy like this comes down the historical pike.

If your job is psychological warfare, and you are facing the next global holy war, then you just HAVE to be grinning so hard that your face hurts.

Tossing a Koran into a sewer drain causes riots? Cartoons cause people to storm embassies? Just IMAGINE the number of ways that kind of irrationality can be exploited.


33 posted on 02/08/2006 10:08:02 AM PST by RinaseaofDs (If stupidity were painful, liberals would be extinct)
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To: RexBeach

You saw it on 9/11.


34 posted on 02/08/2006 10:08:13 AM PST by ItsForTheChildren
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To: RexBeach
Is there anything that will make these a**holes smile?

1) Killing a Jew

2) Killing any other "infidel"

35 posted on 02/08/2006 10:08:50 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: voletti

36 posted on 02/08/2006 10:09:53 AM PST by Denver Ditdat (No Islam, Know Peace.)
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To: RexBeach

"Here's what I'd like to know: Is there anything that will make these [people] smile?"


Go to this thread - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1574426/posts post #8.

The boy's mother is smiling....

Kit.


37 posted on 02/08/2006 10:12:34 AM PST by KitJ
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To: jiggyboy

Why is that a fantasy world. I propose a grassroots movement all over the U.S. of conservative americans buying up Korans, driving to know Muslim neighborhoods and throwing them in the gutters. Watch everyone freak out then!


38 posted on 02/08/2006 10:15:24 AM PST by sheana
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To: RinaseaofDs

I didn't see any global protests against the "not really true muslims because Islam is the religion of peace" terrorists who kill monthly in Israel, killed in Spain, killed in England, killed Van Gogh in the streets, killed in Bali, killed in Beslan, or killed in the USA.

Seems to me that the terrorists defame Islam but I never see muslim protest against it. Why is that?

If I, not a muslim, do something to offend them, I will be protested even though I don't worship their god. If someone who CLAIMS to be following the same god does something bad, they say "well they aren't really following Islam".

And why don't faithful muslims report clerics and mosques to the authorities when they are training and sponsoring jihadist terrorism? I certainly would report my Christian church if it was engaging in clinic bombings and I learned of it.

The answer is because it is forbidden for a mulsim to question the faith of another muslim (even a "not really a muslim because Islam means peace" terrorist).


39 posted on 02/08/2006 10:16:24 AM PST by weegee (We are all Danes now.)
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To: RexBeach

" But what, if anything, do these people enjoy doing for fun? What makes'em smile or happy?"

911 made them happy...they were dancing it the streets as I recall. BTW..if you find the article frrom the Naval War College about the fall of the arab world, would you please ping me with the info on where to find it...pretty please?








40 posted on 02/08/2006 10:16:44 AM PST by penelopesire
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