At least two more people were killed Sunday and dozens of others wounded in Afghanistan as the protests against the Quran burning in Florida continue into their third day, and by some accounts are growing and spreading throughout the nation.
The most violent protests on Sunday were in the Kandahar Province, and indeed the protests have largely been split between the southwest and the far northern provinces. Reports say that the protests have now spread to Jalalabad, in the east of the nation.
But of course, none of the weekend protests were as disastrous as the one on Friday in Balkh Province, where protesters stormed a UN compound and killed 20 staff members. Though officials blamed ‘insurgents’ for the violence it seems that the protesters, five of whom were slain, launched the attack.
The Quran burning has been a major issue in central and southern Asia, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a speech Sunday demanding that the US Congress officially condemning the action and ban further burnings.
Yeah, but we’ve got our freedom of speech!
Too bad that Freedom of Speech doesn't require a license proving you have Common Sense. This apples to those burning the Qur'an as well as those using that as an excuse to do violence.
An invalid comparison. Would twenty people in America be killed if some obscue Iman in Afghanistan burned the bible?
Naw, in Amerika, they'd just be killing each other if you give 'em guns. A reason is not needed much less a good one.
Do you really want to "require a license proving you have common sense" for Freedom of Speech?
The world has had enough of despotic governments requiring "licenses" for freedom of speech. Just to list a few: Egypt, Yemen, Syria, China, North Korea, Iran, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, etc.
Why don't you leave those evil ideas back in the 20th Century of Socialism and join the movement for freedom from government tyranny. While I wish that for the people in the Middle East, though I'm not certain about the eventual outcome over there, I'm doing my best to promote freedom in my country and an end to US foreign aid for dictators around the world.
"Andy"s point is exactly right, too. When have Christians ever rioted or killed simply because someone, somewhere in the world burned a bible?
If somebody on the other side of the planet burning a book can incite irrational zealots to kill UN world police in Afghanistan, why should I care? If the globalists in the UN want to deal with such people, that's their choice.
I just want the US troops out of that mess and our tax money out of the UN.
Who knows, maybe this will unite Afghans in an uprising that forces Obama to get a clue and bring our troops home.
I can always hope.
I have to say it: the Afghans must be real idiots to kill each other over something that wasn't done in their country or by one of them. What gives with this? Shouldn't they be burning Bibles and Catholic priests instead of killing each other?
OK already. Now my faith is reeealy being tested. In my post on Saturday I humbly asked ODIN to save us from this Organized Religion insanity and it appears that he is as clueless as the other make believe playmates the mindless bow down to. DAMM !!! Maybe it's time to Grow up and Evolve. NEH ???
I would suggest a Quran reading session for the paster who started the burning. Maybe because he is illiterate that he have to burn some thing. Many people believe in burning incense as an offering so our paster burnt the Quran as an offering to his god. There already many instances where books are burnt just to prove that the person who did it was more foolish than the writer or the followers of that book. So, history has proved it and it prove again the person who burns books are real fools.
"..the person who burns books are real fools".
And what about the people who murder because they do it? Funny how you give them a pass.