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The German Evangelical Alliance formally dissociated itself from the proposed Quran burning, because of the widely circulated report that in his time in Cologne, Jones had been associated with the evangelical alliance. [16] [54] The Al-Falluja web forum threatened a bloody war against America in response to the burning of the Quran. [55]
While numerous scholars explain Quranic phrases on violence to be only in the context of a defensive response to oppression; [2] [3] violent groups have interpreted verses to endorse their violent actions [4] and made the Quran's teachings on violence and war a topic of vigorous debate, though it is clear that the Quran does not condone ...
Amarillo Citizens against Repent Amarillo, also known by the acronym ACARA, is the counter-movement to Repent Amarillo.They are protesters made up of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists and atheists who gathered at Sam Houston Park in order to challenge Grisham's plan to burn the Quran on a grill (the book had been doused with kerosene).
The U.N. human rights chief used a special debate on Tuesday about burnings of the Quran in Sweden and other European countries to tread a fine line between freedom of expression and respect for ...
The 2005 Quran desecration controversy began when Newsweek 's April 30, 2005, issue contained a report asserting that United States prison guards or interrogators had deliberately damaged a copy of the Quran. A week later, The New Yorker reported the words of Pakistani politician Imran Khan: "This is what the U.S. is doing—desecrating the ...
Muslims in eastern Pakistan engaged in violent protests on Wednesday, spurred by accusations of desecration of the Quran by a Christian man.. The interim government of Punjab launched a probe ...
[21] [25] The terms "prison Islam" or "jailhouse Islam" are unique to prison and incorporates values of gang loyalty and violence into the Islamic religion. [21] In spite of the fact of there being over 350,000 Muslim inmates in the United States, little evidence indicates widespread radicalization or foreign recruitment. [22]
A comprehensive list of discriminatory acts against American Muslims might be impossible, but The Huffington Post wants to document this deplorable wave of hate using news reports and firsthand accounts.