Comments on: On Burning Qur’ans To Get Attention http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2010/07/29/on-burning-qurans-to-get-attention/ A Voice for Tikkun Olam (healing the world) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:04:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lissette http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2010/07/29/on-burning-qurans-to-get-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-18790 Lissette Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:27:11 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=15208#comment-18790 Having grown up going to Catholic schools for 12 years, I'm appalled at the behavior of these "so called Christians". Granted, I no longer practice the Catholic religion, I can't help but get angered over the actions people take "in the name of God". The God I was raised with would never condone such ignorant behavior in His name. Wonderful article Q! I'm honored to know such an an amazing and loving woman. Having grown up going to Catholic schools for 12 years, I’m appalled at the behavior of these “so called Christians”. Granted, I no longer practice the Catholic religion, I can’t help but get angered over the actions people take “in the name of God”. The God I was raised with would never condone such ignorant behavior in His name.

Wonderful article Q! I’m honored to know such an an amazing and loving woman.

]]> By: Megan http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2010/07/29/on-burning-qurans-to-get-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-18784 Megan Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:05:19 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=15208#comment-18784 Beautiful, articulate, and well-thought out article, Q. And I'm so impressed by the caliber of responses you've gotten. *bookmarks site as bastion of rationality on the web* Beautiful, articulate, and well-thought out article, Q. And I’m so impressed by the caliber of responses you’ve gotten. *bookmarks site as bastion of rationality on the web*

]]> By: Sahar http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2010/07/29/on-burning-qurans-to-get-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-18619 Sahar Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:38:01 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=15208#comment-18619 Masha'Allah....Salams to you brother....very well written...amazing!! Masha’Allah….Salams to you brother….very well written…amazing!!

]]> By: Sahar http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2010/07/29/on-burning-qurans-to-get-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-18618 Sahar Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:34:22 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=15208#comment-18618 Salams Amanda, Masha'Allah very well written once again and I'm sure your article reflects the emotions of millions of muslims out there...It certainly does mine....Thanks....May Allah SWT guide those people doing this terrible act aameen Salams Amanda,
Masha’Allah very well written once again and I’m sure your article reflects the emotions of millions of muslims out there…It certainly does mine….Thanks….May Allah SWT guide those people doing this terrible act aameen

]]> By: Lamia Kadir http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2010/07/29/on-burning-qurans-to-get-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-18616 Lamia Kadir Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:26:46 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=15208#comment-18616 Thanks for helping me settle my angst Amanda. The Qur'an is so much more than the paper it is written on. May God have mercy on all of us, amen. Thanks for helping me settle my angst Amanda. The Qur’an is so much more than the paper it is written on. May God have mercy on all of us, amen.

]]> By: Hassan Yaghi http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2010/07/29/on-burning-qurans-to-get-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-17095 Hassan Yaghi Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:11:00 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=15208#comment-17095 Open letter to: Terry Jones of Dove Outreach Ministries "Do you want to burn the Quran?" If you want to burn the Quran I invite you to read it first. Then it is your choice to proceed; You will figure out that: You will be burning Adam and Noah, Abraham and Issac, Jacob and Josef, David and Salomon, Moses and John....and all prophets and saints You will be burning Jesus and his saint spirit .... You will be burning Mary and her baby .... You will be burning the Torah and the Bible .... Go ahead Burn the light to satisfy your darkness.... Burn the love to satisfy your hatred.... Burn the peace to satisfy your anger.... Burn the compassion to satisfy your cruelty.... Burn the knowledge to satisfy your ignorance.... Do all the above in your heart only.... Oh wait; would you still have a heart after the above?! Would you be Christian or Jewish, would you be even human?! The Quran won't be affected of what you would do, because the creator said about it: "Surely We have revealed the Reminder and We will most surely be its guardian." 15-9 You would burn the papers of the Quran, but even by burning it, it will show light... to all man kind. It will keep saying: "Their intention is to extinguish God's Light with their mouths: But GOD will complete His Light, even though the Unbelievers may detest (it)."61-9 And it will keep saying: "And the servants of the Beneficent God are they who walk on the earth in humbleness, and when the ignorant address them, they say: Peace!"25-63 Peace....Peace....Peace.... Hassan Yaghi, Seattle, Wa Aug 26, 2010 hassan.yaghi@gmail.com Open letter to: Terry Jones of Dove Outreach Ministries

“Do you want to burn the Quran?”

If you want to burn the Quran I invite you to read it first.

Then it is your choice to proceed; You will figure out that:

You will be burning Adam and Noah, Abraham and Issac, Jacob and Josef, David and Salomon, Moses and John….and all prophets and saints
You will be burning Jesus and his saint spirit ….
You will be burning Mary and her baby ….
You will be burning the Torah and the Bible ….

Go ahead
Burn the light to satisfy your darkness….
Burn the love to satisfy your hatred….
Burn the peace to satisfy your anger….
Burn the compassion to satisfy your cruelty….
Burn the knowledge to satisfy your ignorance….

Do all the above in your heart only….
Oh wait; would you still have a heart after the above?! Would you be Christian or Jewish, would you be even human?!

The Quran won’t be affected of what you would do, because the creator said about it:
“Surely We have revealed the Reminder and We will most surely be its guardian.” 15-9

You would burn the papers of the Quran, but even by burning it, it will show light… to all man kind.

It will keep saying: “Their intention is to extinguish God’s Light with their mouths: But GOD will complete His Light, even though the Unbelievers may detest (it).”61-9

And it will keep saying: “And the servants of the Beneficent God are they who walk on the earth in humbleness, and when the ignorant address them, they say: Peace!”25-63

Peace….Peace….Peace….

Hassan Yaghi, Seattle, Wa
Aug 26, 2010
hassan.yaghi@gmail.com

]]> By: Ghoncheh Tazmini http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2010/07/29/on-burning-qurans-to-get-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-16032 Ghoncheh Tazmini Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:18:21 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=15208#comment-16032 Please see www. tanzil.info Please see www. tanzil.info

]]> By: Peter Marmorek http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2010/07/29/on-burning-qurans-to-get-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-14873 Peter Marmorek Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:04:13 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=15208#comment-14873 Fine post! An appropriately mocking response to the burning can be found on the <a href="http://maniacmuslim.com/?p=965" rel="nofollow">Maniac Muslim </a>blog. A sample taste: <blockquote>A fringe Christian group from Florida is dismayed at how poorly their planned Burn a Quran Day ended up turning out. "This was the worst book burning event in history," said book burning enthusiast Jen Kennedy, "Almost as bad as the time we burned 'Book Burning for Dummies'" Pastor Terry Jones has stated that he intended for his church group to burn copies of the Holy Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. "Islam is a religion of the devil and we need to burn the books of the devil." When pressed with the fact that most devils would enjoy things being burned he said "go to hell".</blockquote> Fine post! An appropriately mocking response to the burning can be found on the Maniac Muslim blog. A sample taste:

A fringe Christian group from Florida is dismayed at how poorly their planned Burn a Quran Day ended up turning out. “This was the worst book burning event in history,” said book burning enthusiast Jen Kennedy, “Almost as bad as the time we burned ‘Book Burning for Dummies’”

Pastor Terry Jones has stated that he intended for his church group to burn copies of the Holy Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. “Islam is a religion of the devil and we need to burn the books of the devil.” When pressed with the fact that most devils would enjoy things being burned he said “go to hell”.

]]> By: antonio http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2010/07/29/on-burning-qurans-to-get-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-14555 antonio Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:32:50 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=15208#comment-14555 I'm a christian and the great book I have ever read is the bible, the new testament, the teaching of Jesus, so inspire everyone to read this book because Jesus teaching is fabulous and great. if you have a love in your heart you can understand it but if your heart is full of jealousy, lust, anger and hate you dislike it. I’m a christian and the great book I have ever read is the bible, the new testament, the teaching of Jesus, so inspire everyone to read this book because Jesus teaching is fabulous and great. if you have a love in your heart you can understand it but if your heart is full of jealousy, lust, anger and hate you dislike it.

]]> By: Aziza http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2010/07/29/on-burning-qurans-to-get-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-14516 Aziza Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:54:58 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=15208#comment-14516 I'm a muslim and at first when I read about this I was upset. I mean, why wouldn't it be? This is like a personal attack against myself. But when I think about it, it doesn't bother me at all. Go ahead and burn all the Qur'ans as they want. I can just go online and download. Want to shut down sites with the Holy Qur'an - go ahead because they are thousands of people who have memorized this book from cover to cover. Want to kill the people who memorized the book? Omg, you sick people. People think muslims are intolerant, think again. I went to a Hindu school, my neighbours are Hindus and we get along well. I went to a muslim high school. I have muslim friends, christian, catholic, Jehovah Witness and atheist friends. I attended church because I wanted to find out what it was like. I read the Qur'an and I am researching the Bible. A few of my friends are homosexuals (even though I may not agree with it, I don't tell people what to do with their lives). A good friend of mine converted to Buddhism. My best friend is an agnostic (who believes in God). So the actions of these bigots aren't really going to bother me so let them go ahead. I’m a muslim and at first when I read about this I was upset. I mean, why wouldn’t it be? This is like a personal attack against myself.

But when I think about it, it doesn’t bother me at all. Go ahead and burn all the Qur’ans as they want. I can just go online and download. Want to shut down sites with the Holy Qur’an – go ahead because they are thousands of people who have memorized this book from cover to cover. Want to kill the people who memorized the book? Omg, you sick people.

People think muslims are intolerant, think again. I went to a Hindu school, my neighbours are Hindus and we get along well. I went to a muslim high school. I have muslim friends, christian, catholic, Jehovah Witness and atheist friends. I attended church because I wanted to find out what it was like. I read the Qur’an and I am researching the Bible. A few of my friends are homosexuals (even though I may not agree with it, I don’t tell people what to do with their lives). A good friend of mine converted to Buddhism. My best friend is an agnostic (who believes in God). So the actions of these bigots aren’t really going to bother me so let them go ahead.

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