what allot of hoo haa about burning a COPY of a book. probably printed in china by someone on minimum wage. it's a COPY there is thousands more. enough to go around. if one man wants to get attention by burning one is it that important ?
or is it the people giving him the attention. nothing to see here move along would have been the best response
Obviously you have not read all the posts and you do not understand Muslim attitudes.
The fact that it was a copy does not matter to them.
The fact that there are thousands more does not matter to them.
The fact that it may have been printed in China does not matter to them.
The fact is that they see ANY Koran as holy.
The fact is that the see even a written quotation from the Koran as holy.
If a person were to copy even one sentence from the Koran and burn it, they would see that as blasphemy and some of them would favor murdering the person who did the burning.
Of course it is not rational.
Of course it is a put-down for God to assume that he is incapable of punishing people who need punishing.
Of course they should leave such matters up to God instead of taking matters into their own hands.
And of course it is stupid and inconsiderate to do something, like burning the Koran, that irritates others without accomplishing anything useful.
Of course it is totally unacceptable to knowingly put others at risk by inciting others to behave in a destructive manner, which is exactly what Koran burners are doing. Knowing what would happen if they burned a Koran, they are complicit in the murders which followed.