Archive for the 'Quran' Category
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Over the weekend, Florida pastor Terry Jones burned a copy of the Quran supposedly in protest of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s ongoing detainment in Iran. Now the Iranian officials are demanding an apology from the USA. A statement was released from the Iranian Foreign Ministry. Here’s a quote from it: “There is no doubt that this [...]
Filed under: -Church and State, -Freedom of Religion, -Religious Persecution, Iran, Islam, Quran, USA
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Monday, March 5th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) President Obama has apologized and a joint investigation by Afghan and American military leaders concluded that mistakes were made but there was no intent to burn the copies of the Quran at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Afghani authorities are still demanding that the American personnel involved be publicly identified [...]
Filed under: -Politics & Religion, -Sharia Law, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Blasphemy Laws, Islam, Obama Administration, Quran, USA
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Monday, February 27th, 2012
(Afghanistan -Photo credit: The U.S. Army) A top Iranian Commander on Saturday said that the only way the Quran burning in Afghanistan can be resolved is for the US officers responsible to be hanged. Basij Commander Brig.-Gen. Muhammad Reza Naqdi told Iran’s Fars new agency: "The US has committed such an ugly act and [...]
Filed under: -Sharia Law, Afghanistan, Blasphemy Laws, Culture & Religion, Islamist Radicals, Muslim Culture, Quran, USA
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
(Quran -Photo credit: manitoon) Allegations that NATO troops at Bagram airbase had set fire to dozens of copies of the Quran sent thousands of Afghans into a frenzied protest against the foreign troops but particularly against America. The base guards shot rubber bullets into the crowd to control the situation as the mob shouted [...]
Filed under: Afghanistan, Culture & Religion, Islam, Quran
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Sunday, May 8th, 2011
(USS Carl Vinson by Official U.S. Navy Imagery) The Obama administration has made a big deal out of the claim that Osama bin Laden received an ‘appropriate Muslim burial’ at sea. Exactly what did happen and what did the burial involve? According to the Washington Times the Pentagon indicated that “prepared religious remarks” were [...]
Filed under: Islam, Obama Administration, Osama Bin Laden, Quran
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Thursday, April 21st, 2011
(by Getty Images via @daylife) Terry Jones, the Quran-burning Florida pastor has plans to protest radical Islam in front of the Largest Mosque in America in Dearborn, Michigan. The city of Dearborn has denied him a permit for his planned rally on Good Friday with concerns that it would result in violence. Terry Jones [...]
Filed under: -Freedom of Religion, -Freedom of Speech, -Sharia Law, Culture & Religion, Islam, Quran, USA
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Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Andrew Ryan a Former British soldier, was sentenced to 70 days for setting fire to the Islamic holy book on Jan. 19 in Carlisle (UK). The judge described the act as “theatrical bigotry.” According to his lawyer, the Quran burning was directed toward getting even with radical Islamists for the burning of British poppies and [...]
Filed under: -Freedom of Religion, -Freedom of Speech, -UK, Court Decisions, Quran
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