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The burning of the Koran can cause a rifts between our cultures

If Christian terrorists had crashed into the Twin Towers, instead of them being Muslim, then would anyone want to burn a bible?  

It’s not that the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001 was right, but it’s also wrong saying every Muslim is a terrorist.

We are hypocrites if we say that terrorist destroyed our main symbol and we will destroy their’s, as one Florida pastor attempted.

“We believe that Islam is of the devil, that it’s causing billions of people to go to hell, it is a deceptive religion, it is a violent religion and that is proven many, many times,” Pastor Terry Jones told CNN’s Rick Sanchez. “Eternal fire is the only destination the Koran can lead people to, so we want to put the Koran in its place — the fire!”

I am a blind believer of truth not a blind believer of these types of priests, who years ago would have probably killed the people who used to say that the earth was round and that planets revolve around the Earth.

Why we never speak out against these so-called holy men is a mystery. That these priests think they will get the path of salvation by cursing the Muslim religion, and the people of that religion, is just in vain.

The Koran is a Middle Eastern religious book; just like the Bible,  Bhagawat Geeta, Tripitaka, among many others, which spread similar concepts of peace and unity.

So why would anyone be ignorant and burn a religious book, when none of the pages of the Koran say to be a terrorist and attack others.

We shouldn’t forget that terrorists are not the followers of any religion; they are only the followers of violence

I was so ashamed knowing that instead of speaking out against terrorism on the ninth anniversary of 9/11, or doing a peace rally, we were discussing the burning of a Koran to take revenge.

Burning the Koran does not affect the terrorists, but it affects the other people that have faith in their religion. Some may feel provoked being blamed for the crimes they have never done.

We all remember the holocaust during Adolf Hitler’s regime; when he tried to kill every Jew.

I know the case is different now from before, but aren’t we doing a similar thing by making the ignorant people guilty for what they haven’t done?

I am sure if things continue like this, anti-Muslim beliefs may one day establish other regimes, leading to the destruction of mankind.

 

None have the right to stop anyone else from burning the Koran; we shouldn’t worry about the burning of book either.

 

We should, however, be worried about the destruction of the messages of truth, peace and unity the book spreads.

 

I am the supporter of the truth not a religion. If that makes me the follower of the Muslim religion, then I have no complaints.

 

Scientists are trying to find a different world in which to inhabit after this one is laid to waste, but it’s of no use because if everyone cannot live peacefully in this world, how can we think of living in others?

 

One is no better than the terrorists by burning a Koran because with that, we burn all the good judgment and tolerance between both cultures.

 

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