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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Desecration Of Quran: Time To Dig Up Reasons!, Islam and Politics, NewAgeIslam.com

Islam and Politics
Desecration Of Quran: Time To Dig Up Reasons!
by Durdana Najam
Catholic priest Father Francis Nadeem, Pakistan Hindu Welfare Council Chairman Dr. Munawer Chand and renowned Islamic Scholar Zahid Mahmood Qasmi vehemently condemned the desecration of the Holy Quran in Moulana Tahir Ashrafi’s talk show Deen-o-Dunya on Business Plus. All of them were of the view that religious tolerance is extremely important, especially when the world is torn apart by fundamentalism and extremism. Father Francis categorically denied having any connection with Terry Jones or his ideology. He went on to say, “We share the sentiments of our Muslim brothers and the Bible does not allow any such act. Christianity, Islam and Judaism connect to a singular source; we all are the followers of Abraham and his God. The Bible preaches love and humanity. No sane Christian could ever think of burning the holy scripture of any other religion.” Adding a word of caution, Father Nadeem said that the disease of fundamentalism could attract anyone, so it did Terry Jones. To Dr. Munawer Chand, the Chairman Pakistan Hindu Welfare Council, “The Quran is held in esteem by every Hindu.” He strongly condemned Jones’ act and called for immediate action by the US government to prevent such acts from being repeated in future. Zahid Qasmi believed that unless the US respects the religious feelings of Muslims, the war on terror would keep spewing fire. “On the one hand, the US is engaging the Taliban to pave the way for a peaceful and safe exit from Afghanistan by 2014 and on the other, it is not containing its own people from stoking hatred against Muslims. Desecration of the Quran is one of the many emotive issues that have set the Afghan Taliban against the NATO/ISAF forces. Lately some NATO soldiers urinated on the dead bodies of Afghans, had a photo shoot with the dead body parts of Afghan militants, and an American soldier during his night raid campaign slaughtered nine children among sixteen in pitch darkness.”
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