Afghanistan Condemns Koran Burning in US
March 24, 2011
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431451Mr Karzai, please note that Korans where burnt here too, in Bogor, by people calling themselfes Muslim.
They never complained when the Bogor people did it......
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Afghanistan on Thursday condemned the “disrespectful and abhorrent” burning of the Koran by a US evangelical preacher in a Florida church, calling it an effort to incite tension between religions.
President Hamid Karzai called on the United States to bring those responsible for the burning of the Islamic holy book on Sunday to justice.
“President Karzai on behalf of the Muslim people of Afghanistan and on his own behalf denounced the disrespectful and abhorrent act,” said a statement from Karzai’s office.
Pastor Wayne Sapp set light to a Koran under the supervision of Terry Jones, who last year drew condemnation over his aborted plan to burn a pile of the holy books to mark the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Jones cancelled his plans under enormous pressure from world leaders including US President Barack Obama, but the mere threat to burn the Muslim holy book sparked large protests in Afghanistan and other Muslim nations.
Sunday’s event, presented as a trial in which the Koran was found “guilty” and “executed”, was open to the public, but fewer than 30 people attended.
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