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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (247269)	11/4/2007 8:35:27 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 281500

Afghan Koran distributor arrested BBC News, Kabul ^ \| Sunday, 4 November 2007, 16:00 GMT \| Alix Kroeger news.bbc.co.uk The distributor of a new translation of the Koran has been arrested after complaints from religious scholars that the new edition was un-Islamic. Former journalist Ghows Zalmay is also the spokesman for Afghanistan's attorney general. He was arrested on the border on Sunday while trying to flee into Pakistan. Demonstrators protested in two Afghan provinces against the new translation of the Koran into Dari, one of Afghanistan's two official languages. Religious scholars are outraged at the new edition of the Muslim holy book. They say that it is un-Islamic, that it misinterprets verses about alcohol, begging, homosexuality and adultery. They also complain that it does not contain the original version in Arabic as a parallel text for comparison. Both houses of the Afghan parliament have held emergency debates. Senators have called for Mr Zalmay and the translator, himself a mullah, to be punished. One said Mr Zalmay was "worse than Salman Rushdie", whose book, The Satanic Verses, caused widespread outrage in the Islamic world. In the northern city of Taloqan 1,500 university students took to the streets in protest, while in the south-east province of Nimruz 1,000 local people, including several mullahs, took part in a demonstration. The Afghan constitution enshrines freedom of expression, but for many Afghans that freedom has clear limits and they do not include making interpretive translations of the Koran. (Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ....

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (247269)	11/5/2007 10:32:17 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I’d suggest you learn to read more carefully or use more diligence in your critiques but we both know that isn’t your problem. Your problem is extreme bigotry and hate. Congrats on yet another in a long line of successful expressions of your self-loathing ignorance. You: "Man oh man, are you a tool! Iraq has declared Saddam Hussein the winner with 100 percent of the votes in a referendum granting him another seven-year term" Oooopsie Me:”Iraqis, in Iraq at that time gave Saddam a 100% approval rating. I'm sure you recall that. After his fall, the vast majority of millions in Iraq voted for a representative government. Which do you figure was the more genuine sentiment? And that is the topic on this day of inquiry ... the reality on the ground today and going forward." Message 24023878