Buring the Koran is Not a New Phenomenon

Look at the stark contrast between the 21st century Christians and Muslims. When the preacher from Gainesville, Florida made his first attempt to burn the Koran, there were thousands of Christians and other Americans denouncing and condemning the act. With Muslims in the Middle East, they go the one extra step. After having a conniption, they go into a frenzy needing to kill any Christians and any their supporters. While Christian American show solidarity and compassion to the Islamic faith (I really don't know why), Muslims in the Middle East go burn churches, kill non-Muslims, and go on a beheading rampage. Why are Christians being hypocrites? Why are Muslims getting away with murder? The Bible does say to be wary of a false prophet proclaiming the message from God. We have Christians respecting other religions. Why don't Muslims do the same thing? Why Muslims are in uproar with us while other sects do the same damn thing? It is a double standard.

(The Blaze) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan protests against the burning of a Quran in Florida entered a third day with a demonstrations in the south and east Sunday, while the Taliban called on people to rise up, blaming government forces for any violence.

The desecration at a small U.S. church has outraged Muslims worldwide, and in Afghanistan many of the demonstrations have turned into deadly riots. Protests in the north and south in recent days have killed 20 people.

The Taliban said in a statement emailed to media outlets that the U.S. and other Western countries have wrongly excused the burning a Quran by the pastor of a Florida church on March 20 as freedom of speech and that Afghans “cannot accept this un-Islamic act.”

NATO officials re-iterated their condemnation of the Quran burning in an apparent attempt to quell the rising anger.

On Saturday, U.S. President Barack Obama extended his condolences to the families of those killed by the protesters and said desecration of the Quran “is an act of extreme intolerance and bigotry.” But he said that does not justify attacking and killing innocent people, calling it “outrageous and an affront to human decency and dignity.”