I don’t really see the point of burning the Koran. It fuels the meme of religious intolerance of Christians. I think protesters should read/publicize offensive parts of the Koran aloud or create visuals (huge signs with Koran quotes) so that the truth embarrasses libs. I think alot of people are unaware that the Koran tells its faithful to slay unbelievers on sight and that Allah will not punish them for doing so.
The Koran says to humor and trick unbelievers into believing you want peace until you have regrouped and can slay unbelievers. Intolerant passages and other excerpts of Muslim imams calling for the killing of gays or heretics. Portions of the Koran and cleric speeches advising on the wisdom of wife beating. Burning the book isn’t enough. I understand the desire to do so but according to Petraeus, it won’t help the troops.
I think part of the desire to burn the Koran actually comes about from frustration with Obama and all the MSM posing about the ‘Religion of Peace’. I think those who have been made to feel powerless to defend our country (given that political correctness continues to lie about Islam) want to vent their anger somehow and the fact that Obama disapproves is half the fun. In fact, the questions about Obama’s loyalty may lie in the middle of the desire to burn it.
I think familiarity with the contents of the Koran would do more to galvanize a healthy, hostile response toward propaganda and Islamists more than the burning of the book which will contribute to their victim status claims. CAIR will use pics of that event and the MSM cares about CAIR but not about Americans.
I think audio recordings and visuals of hate speech (Imam speeches) taking place in our own cities and towns (New York) would have been more instructive.
I agree with most of what you wrote on Post #34. Except the sentence:
"It fuels the meme of religious intolerance of Christians".
Fie on that.
Christians should be intolerant of sin. Trying to rescue people from the clutches of the devil, is a good thing.
But I agree, rather than burning the koran - its words (and those of the hadith) should be broadcast. A few examples:
1) Mohammad once said, "I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, none has the right to be worshiped but Allah." (Al Bukhari, Vol. 4:196)
2) And Mohammad also said, "The person who participates in holy battles in Allah's cause and nothing compels him to do so except belief in Allah and His Apostle, will be recompensed by Allah either with a reward or booty (i.e. if he survives) or will be admitted to paradise (i.e. if he is killed)." (Al Bukhari, Vol. 1:35)
3) In the Koran, Allah orders all Muslims to terrorize non-Muslims. "Strike terror in the hearts of the enemies of God and your enemies." (Surah 8:60)
4) "Fight them and God will punish them by your hands." (Surah 9:14)
5) "I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers, smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them. It is not ye who slew them; it was God." (Surah 8:13-17)
6) "And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter..." (Surah 2:191)
7) "And fight with them until there is no persecution, and religion should be only for Allah..." (Surah 2:193)
8) "O you who believe! Fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness; and know that Allah is with those who guard against evil." (Surah 9:123)
9) "Surely Allah loves those who fight in His way in ranks as if they were a firm and compact wall." (Surah 61:4)
10) "O ye who believe (i.e. Muslims), take not the Jews or the Christians for your friends and protectors. They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he among you who turns to them for friendship is of them." (Surah 5:51)
With a satanic creed such as this, it is easy to understand why Mohammad Atta and his 'friends' felt a 'spiritual calling' to crash airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Read their words - and understand the meaning.
Read history and understand that Mohammad's followers launched a military assault on the non-islamic world in the mid 7th Century A.D., and they have never really stopped this war. There was century and a half 'lull' due to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire - but now reinforced with Petro-dollars, the war is reengaged. Also we need to understand that the principle of 'Takqiya' is at play -- which makes it very hard (and impossible) to ascertain if a 'muslim' has truly renounced their 'books' (or 'completely spiritualized' the koran's/hadith's harsh commands for 'jihad' and the destruction or enslavement of 'unbelievers') or whether they are playing the islamic sanctioned game of deceit and buying time as they strengthen their positions.
I also agree with your observation that the desire to burn and deface the koran is sprung from people's frustration with a government and media that sympathizes more with islam than its own people, Constitution, and heritage.