Afghan's Karzai demands public trial for Quran burners

msnbc.com ^ | 2/23/12 | msnbc.com news services

[ColdOne]

KABUL -- Afghanistan wants NATO to put on public trial those who burned copies of the Quran at a NATO base, President Hamid Karzai's office said Thursday, after a third day of bloody protests over the incident.

It said NATO had agreed to a trial, but that could not be immediately confirmed.

Karzai had earlier accused a U.S. officer of "ignorantly" burning copies of the Quran, in an incident that has deepened anti-Western sentiment in a country NATO is trying to stabilize before foreign combat troops leave by the end of 2014.

Demonstrations have drawn thousands of angry Afghans to the streets, chanting "Death to America!" amid violence that has killed 11 people including two U.S. service personnel.

[Not The Other One]

It’s long past time for the sleeping giant to awaken.

[U-238]

Nation building has a vey poor track record. I can think of only two successes historically: Japan and Germany. Anyways, Karzi words are signs and portents of things to come if the Taliban returns to power.

[U-238]

In my ignorance I forgot South Korea and Taiwan(technically)

[ducttape45]

You know, I am so sick and tired of the murderers overseas who call themselves "holy" warriors for Allah. They call for us to be killed over burning pieces of paper. They are such cowards.

I'm tempted to go out a burn of copy of the Koran myself just to see if they come for me.

[xkaydet65]

Ralph Peters said last year that fighting the Tallies is like fighting Martians . They are life forms we know nothing about. And trying to fight them or worse reason with them is a waste of blood and treasure.

[liberalh8ter]

Okay, Karzai. As soon as you pay us every red cent Americans have spent in your carp hole of a Country. Oh - and that doesn't include a tidy sum to each family that lost a loved one on your soil. You effing ingrate.

[TheDon]

The article doesn’t mention what the proper method is for disposing of old copies of the Koran. Does anyone know?

[Girlene]

Anyone know who protects Karzai? It isn’t Afghani’s is it?

[GenXteacher]

Islam delenda est.

[ColdOne]

great question. I don’t know.

[ColdOne]

There are numerous schools of Islamic thinking and differences of opinion, but broadly speaking there are two preferable options. Muslims are advised to wrap a worn and unusable copy of the Koran in cloth and to bury it in such a way that people do not walk over the place where the Koran is buried. That would be considered disrespectful. The other option is to wrap the Koran and place it in a moving body of water, with some jurists advising that the Koran be tied to an object so that it sinks. Where these two options are not available, some scholars do argue that Muslims can burn a Koran =http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/how-to-properly-dispose-of-a-worn-koran/article2345586/

[ColdOne]

I have read it is mercenaries.

[1010RD]

Can you imagine serving under this CIC? Every act of destroying the enemy risks a CM. It’s nuts and I blame Bush for the mess. What was he thinking?

[CWSNTEXAS]

Screw Karzai. Screw Afghanistan. Screw NATO. Screw Muhammed. And FIRE OBAMA!

[redgolum]

If they do this, then the US is dead.

[Segovia]

good idea!! Especially since the muzzies in Iran are hanging a man for apostasy who was never a muslim but his parents were......

[hattend]

“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” - BO

FUBO

[chessplayer]

Time to make Karzai disappear. Then we get out of that hell hole and let them slaughter each other.

[cardinal4]

*shakes head* Savages. There, I said it..

[U-238]

It depends what the SOFA agreements with Afghanistan states. They signed an agreement with the United States in 2011.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL34531.pdf