Dove World Outreach Koran-Burning Reflects Hate, Demonizing
An apparent church member named Fran Ingraham posted 10 reasons for the Koran burning on Dove World Outreach's blog. The preamble explains "..Islam is a danger. We are using this act to warn about the teaching and ideology of Islam, which we do hate as it is hateful." Later in the explanation, the church blog refers to the Koran as "demonic."
The blog goes on to compare Islam to Nazism and warns that Americans have been hoodwinked by the growth of "(for now) nonviolent Islam."
So why is Terry Jones keeping up the pretext that the message behind Dove World Outreach Church's Koran burning is aimed at radical Muslims only? He went so far as to suggest in a media interview that mainstream Muslims should be on his side of the controversy over the Koran burning.
The Dove World Outreach Church blog disclaims any comparison of its Koran burning to Nazi book-burning, saying "we are not, like the Nazis, stealing books, destroying any properties, or harming people."
But maybe Dove Outreach has more in common with Nazis than it thinks. When the Nazis began burning books, the world response reflected recognition of the dangers inherent in intolerance. Demonstrations occurred in Jewish communities in the USA to protest the Nazi book burning, just like protests against Dove World Outreach's Koran burning are taking place in countries populated by Muslims.
Jones and his followers may not intend any physical harm to Muslims, but does that excuse their knowing unleashing of forces that might take their hateful Koran burning to its logical next step and the step after that? Jones and his church would do well to reflect on the words of German poet Heinrich Heine, whose work was among the targets of Nazi book-burners. He wrote in his play Almansor,"Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people."
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17 Comments
Post a CommentI'm so glad he decided not to do this (however, he's already done enough damage) -- and that the media acknowledged there were many Christian groups in disagreement with him.
Despicable proposal by Jones and should not be condoned by decent Americans..but at the end of the day remains far less dangerous than the nefarious designs of Imam Rauf..it is very telling that the CIC would embrace one & denounce the other.
WHERE HIS THIS GUYS BALLS??DISAPPOINTED!!!!!!
The fundamentalist mind has room for only one message, no matter the religious affiliation, and given the chance would replace diversity and freedom with hate, fear, and violence. If we succumb to the Terry Jones and Bin Ladens of the world, they'll make Hitler look like an innocent.
"Wait, I'm sorry, but was I just mistaken when large masses of Muslim extremest groups gather to burn the Bible, Torah, U.S. and European Flags in the sake of their Religion and the teaching of the Koran? But, oh the small Church in Flordia will ultimately destroy the world by burning a book. Why don't you start supporting your own contry and your own freedom you run-of-the-mill Yellow Journalist."
Pastor Jones (or "Chuck" as you apparently wish to be called here), you really should do more READing than BURNing. Perhaps it will improve your SPELLing.
I is said that only 2% of people can reason. Terry Jones and his 12 members dis not make it into that 2%. What bothers me about un thinking people is when the profess to be Christians but are HATERS I judge them harshly and I believe Judging is about the worst sn.
The Heine quote was made in a work about the Inquisition, which also saw the burning of people. Jones and his ridiculous bunch of intolerant fundamentalists need to learn how to read. Believe in Jesus or not, the basic teachings are about charitable outreach and inclusiveness and caring for one's brother, not condemnation, ridicule, and judgmental ostracism. These close-minded holier-than-thou Neanderthals need to step down from that high horse before they get someone killed. Burning books -- how so Fahrenheit 451...
This will, unfortunately, be used as propaganda over there. But I totally agree that islam is a danger to the civilized world. The bible and Christian images have been defiled and burned and spat upon, but there was never a worry of a militant army killing people just for this. Their beliefs are midieval and barbarian. Did you see where that woman in Iran was flogged last week because a picture that wasn't even her appeared in a newspaper with her head uncovered? And they want to execute her for adultery, which was probably just a widow dating, something we take for granted here. How anyone can support a religion with these practices written into their law is beyond me.
Book burnings are stupid, pointless acts. You can't burn an idea.
That's just wrong. The Koran is as precious to Muslims as the Bible is to Christians. Begetting hatred with hatred is never the answer. That kind of Christianity gives all of us a bad name.