Category Archives: Burning Korans

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

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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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OIC to hold conference in Brussels to protect ‘beliefs’ “beyond mere rhetoric”

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This is interesting. And endorsed by Hillary Clinton who I thought was a lot smarter than this.

Here are a few gems from this article:

“The workshop will represent a quantum leap in media action, as it discusses, beyond rhetoric, the practical steps to address the phenomenon of Islamophobia,” the OIC said.

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Resolution 16/18 aims to combat intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatisation of discrimination, incitement to violence, and violence against persons based on religion or belief.

Well of course this is preposterous. The idea that one cannot discriminate based on belief. In essence this means that Islam and only Islam will have the right to preach genocide, war, discrimination and apartheid as it is central dogma to the belief system, while any attempt to point this out will result in a criminal charge at best. A visit from the local sharia-brownshirts at worst.

The second quote is by necessity self contradicting. Clearly the Muslim belief that only Muslims may enter Mecca or Yathrib (Medina) will be sacrosanct while say, someone else’s belief that no Muslims should work, visit or live somewhere will be illegal.

So no, it will not be a protection for persons based on religion or belief. It will be a shield for Muslims to commit any discriminatory act they wish, say whatever they wish, force complicity for whatever policy they wish while anyone else will be criminalized for having their own views. This will be the practical outcome. One only needs look at any nation where Islam has over 10% of the population and is anywhere close to “the whip hand” (as  Enoch Powell is noted for reading from a constituent’s letter.)

In other words, it is highly unlikely that my firm belief in freedom of speech. In the right, no; the responsibility to mock, chastise, and criticize both anonymously (as is my right by law as a central tenet of democracy) and openly totalitarian and authoritarian and indeed, ultra conservative systems like Islam and other theocracies which remove my individual rights will not be protected under this new bill. If it did, it would be redundant by U.N standards itself according to Eleanor Roosevelt’s charter.

In fact, the Muslim nations are so very far out of bounds of this charter that it utterly boggles the mind that any UN or official from any civilized nation would entertain any sort of ‘rights’ law suggested by a Muslim nation and perhaps least of all Saudi Arabia. (although that would be highly debatable) It is critical to remember that people have rights. Beliefs do not. This should be said as a mantra by all and daily. One cannot give rights to a political system, a belief system or an alternative physics. People can have rights so long as we are prepared to fight for them. Belief systems are to be promoted or opposed as people see fit and in their own enlightened interests.

I hope all people carefully asses the risk-benifit equation of freedom and liberty vs. what they think they might lose by opposing the rapid encroachment of Islam and it’s barbarous and horrific laws on all of us.

And so for those who will defend freedom of speech, and also for those who believe in a totalitarian theocracy, I dedicate this video:

 

 

 

Man in Australia tears up Korans and flushes them in a mosque

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One thing is for sure. That mosque needs a new security camera. That is the blurriest video I have seen since Blair Witch. I think they could hire a guy to sit in the lobby and draw everyone who comes in and get a clearer picture. Makes me wonder why they did that. Could it be that the perp is a Hindu?

Ex-soldier jailed for burning Koran in Carlisle

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BBC:

Andrew Ryan Andrew Ryan had stolen a copy of the holy book from the library

A former soldier has been sentenced to 70 days in prison for setting fire to a copy of Muslim holy book the Koran in the centre of Carlisle.

Andrew Ryan had previously admitted religiously aggravated harassment and theft of a Koran from a library.

The 32-year-old, of Summerhill, said he had been “shocked” watching a Muslim burning a poppy on Remembrance Day.

Shoppers and schoolchildren witnessed the burning, outside the old Town Hall, on 19 January.

Sitting at Carlisle Magistrates’ Court, District Judge Gerald Chalk described it as a case of “theatrical bigotry”.

‘My country’He said: “It was pre-planned by you as you stole the book deliberately.

“You went out to cause maximum publicity and to cause distress.”

Ryan struggled with security guards in court after the sentence was passed.

While being handcuffed he shouted: “What about my country? What about burning poppies?”

About 10 people were in court to support Ryan, and as they left the court they shouted “do you call this justice?”.

After sentencing, Insp Paul Marshall, of Cumbria Police, said: “This incident was highly unusual for Cumbria as we have such low levels of hate crime in the county.”

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The Korandle. redux in HD

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Since youtube took my channel down, I have about a thousand videos that were taken off line. Many were downloaded by other like minded people and reposted to their own YT channels, but many were lost altogether, some early ones I didn’t even have backups for.

So I decided to remake this one as I put a fair bit of work into it initially and it appeals to me at a few levels. For what it’s worth, I will stop making videos which profane Islamic ‘sacred’ materials as soon as Islam grants the respect to everyone else they demand for themselves, and when they stop demanding that other people hold their fetish objects as sacred on pain of whatever they can think of at the time. Usually death.

Man who burned Qur’an gets pain and suffering fees

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Toronto Star… NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Transit employee fired for publicly burning pages of the Qur’an on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks last year is getting his job back.

A settlement obtained by The Star-Ledger Newark shows Derek Fenton will receive $25,000 for pain and suffering when he resumes his $86,110-a-year job.

He’ll also receive back pay equal to $331.20 for every day since his firing on Sept. 13, 2010.

The state will also pay $25,000 in legal fees to the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed a lawsuit claiming Fenton’s right to free expression was violated.

The 40-year-old was not working when he set fire to three pages of the Qur’an in September in Lower Manhattan to protest a planned Islamic centre near ground zero.

Pastor Terry Jones on Toronto radio April 20 2011

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I think Terry doesn’t make his own case as well as could be made. However at least he is one of the few actually doing something.

Here is the link to the show. Go down to April 20th which is the second link on this page. I will try and upload the show here as well. The Imam they bring on to counter Pastor Jones lies through his teeth with incredible lack of shame. He claims that the Koran is the only book that praises Mary. In fact, the only women mentioned by name in the Koran is Mary and that is to denigrate her as not the mother of god. Stunning lies by this imam.

Terry Jones to hold protest in front of mosque in Dearborn Michigan

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Terry Jones is an American Hero. Remember how when learning about WW2, we imagined ourselves going up to Nazis and telling them what we thought? Or fighting them ourselves? Well here we are again and Jones is one of the very few men actually doing it.

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‘What about burning poppies?’: Court outburst of man jailed for setting Koran alight

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From The Daily Mail:

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 4:08 AM on 19th April 2011

A man has been jailed for 70 days today after he burnt a copy of the Koran just over a month after a Muslim got away with a paltry £50 fine for a similar offence.

Andrew Ryan, 32, stole a copy of the holy book from Carlisle Library then set it on fire by a monument in the city of Carlisle.

Last month Emdadur Choudhury was fined after he burned a poppy outside the Royal Albert Hall in London on Remembrance Day while shouting ‘British soldiers burn in hell’.

As he was led down to the cells, Ryan shouted at the judge at Carlisle Magistrates’ Court today: ‘What about burning poppies?’.
Andrew Ryan: Shouted 'What about burning poppies?' as he was taken down to the cells today
Emdadur Choudhury
Andrew Ryan, left, shouted ‘What about burning poppies?’ as he was taken down to the cells today while Emdadur Choudhury was handed a £50 fine for burning a poppy last month

Police arrested Ryan shortly the Koran burning in English Street on January 19.

Sentencing him at Carlisle Magistrates’ Court, District Judge Gerald Chalk said: ‘This is a case of theatrical bigotry. It was pre-planned by you as you stole the book deliberately. You went out to cause maximum publicity and to cause distress.’ Continue Reading →

Ann Barnhardt HQ with Spanish Subtitles.

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As some of you may be aware, from time to time a group of us get together and make what we call, a ‘Rosetta Stone’ project on videos we think are worthy, such as the one we did for Alan West’s speech some time ago which went wildly viral, at one point nearly 100,000 views a day, and then was forced off of youtube, at least on my channel.

Ann Barnhardt did a fantastic two part video in response to the absurd and anti-democratic remarks of a certain US Senator Lindsey Graham. We liked it so much we decided to give it the Rosetta treatment and Ann was kind enough to send me her original files so I could re edit it and try and get a better video quality as well as subtitle it in as many languages as we can find volunteers for.

This is the first one of that batch, this one in Spanish. Part II possibly tonight but for sure tomorrow.

Enjoy!

How Not To Protest

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Stealing someone else’s property and destroying it in protest is not going to win people over to your cause. This fool only reinforces the notion a lot of Britons still have that one side is just as bad as the other. The fact that he was given 70 days for burning the Koran and 30 days for stealing it is ridiculous but that argument is now lost as the man is a thief and has lost the higher ground.

Daily Mail… ‘What about burning poppies?’: The cry of the man sent down for burning Koran in front of shoppers.

A man who burned a Koran in front of city centre shoppers has been jailed for 70 days.

Andrew Ryan, 32, stole a copy of the holy book from Carlisle Library and then set it on fire with a lighter as a crowd gathered to hear his protests in front of a monument.

Police arrested Ryan, of Summerhill, Carlisle, shortly after the lunchtime incident in English Street on January 19.

Sentencing him at Carlisle Magistrates’ Court, District Judge Gerald Chalk said: ‘This is a case of theatrical bigotry. It was pre-planned by you as you stole the book deliberately. You went out to cause maximum publicity and to cause distress.’

He told Ryan that people were entitled to protest but not in the manner he chose. The court heard the defendant had six public order convictions between 2002 and 2010 including racial chanting at a football match and assault with intent to resist arrest.

Judge Chalk said: ‘You are a man who has a history of violence and disorderly conduct.’

Ryan pleaded guilty to religiously aggravated harassment and theft at an earlier hearing. Continue Reading →