Afghans protest over reported Koran desecration at U.S. base

Once again, Muslims show us that Islam is more of a fetish than a religion. “You hold this thing sacred for no reason other than I will hurt you if you do not” defines fetish. Religious people tend to hold things sacred because there is something of great personal value and meaning to them inside it.

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BAGRAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) – About 2,000 Afghans protested outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday over a report that foreign soldiers improperly disposed of copies of the Koran.

U.S. helicopters fired flares to try to break up as many as 2,000 demonstrators who massed outside several gates to the base, chanting anti-foreigner slogans and throwing stones.

Roshna Khalid, the provincial governor’s spokeswoman, said copies of the Muslim holy book had been burnt inside Bagram airbase, an hour’s drive north of the capital Kabul, citing accounts from local laborers.

“The laborers normally take the garbage outside and they found the remains of Korans,” Khalid said.

NATO’s top general in Afghanistan attempted to contain fury over the incident, which could be a public relations disaster for the U.S. military as it tries to pacify the country ahead of the withdrawal of foreign combat troops in 2014.

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2 Replies to “Afghans protest over reported Koran desecration at U.S. base”

  1. They should get out and burn the poppy fields on their way out. And not give them any money. Let the Taliban go back to fighting Russia. It will keep them busy.

  2. The very strange thing about islam being monotheist is the “holy” objects, that are part of the worship, worship that should only belong to the one God, who after all in a monotheist religion is the only one worthy of that.

    So islam has the “holy” stone in the Kabaa. The “holy” book the Quran. The “perfect” man, Muhammad.

    Without the stone, the book and the man there is no islam, worship of Allah alone, does simply not cut it for the muslim believer!