The Vatican office responsible for relations with Islam issued a stern statement saying every religion has the right to expect that its sacred books, places of worship and symbols will be respected and protected.
Does anyone expect muslims to respect and protect places of worship, sacred books, and symbols of other religions? If not, I don’t care what happens to their cult book.
A little reminder.
Vatican outrage over church siege (BBC News ^ | April 8 2002 | BBC )
The Vatican has issued a stern warning to Israel to respect religious sites in line with its international obligations, following a gun battle around Bethlehem's besieged Church of the Nativity....This is an act of indescribable barbarity, a violation of every law of humanity and civilisation - Father David Jaeger, Franciscan spokesman
Israel says its troops are under orders not to fire at holy places and blamed Palestinian militants for a fire near the church, which is revered by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus Christ.
Several hundred Palestinian gunmen and civilians fleeing Israeli tanks have been holed up in the church complex for nearly a week, along with a group of monks and nuns...
There were accounts that the bibles were descrated too.
If it's good enough for Newsweak to say it about korans at Gitmo, I'll take the "reports" on this outrage to be as accurate.