Imam: Koran burnings free speech
Terry Jones had planned a 'Burn the Koran Day' and later postponed. Now Bob Old, a pastor in Tennessee, is planning his own Koran burning event. President Obama called the events out of line with the American value of tolerance and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said the actions could endanger US troops abroad.
Imam Abdul Alim Musa of Masjid Al-Islam Mosque in Washington said, while the burning of the Koran is a horrible act to Muslims, these individuals still have their constitutional right to free speech and should be allowed to move forward. The government should not restrict the constitution anymore than it already is. Musa further argued that one simply needs to read the Koran to know it is not a text of violence and in fact shares many aspects with Christianity.
Terry Jones had planned a 'Burn the Koran Day' and later postponed. Now Bob Old, a pastor in Tennessee, is planning his own Koran burning event. President Obama called the events out of line with the American value of tolerance and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said the actions could endanger US troops abroad.
Imam Abdul Alim Musa of Masjid Al-Islam Mosque in Washington said, while the burning of the Koran is a horrible act to Muslims, these individuals still have their constitutional right to free speech and should be allowed to move forward. The government should not restrict the constitution anymore than it already is. Musa further argued that one simply needs to read the Koran to know it is not a text of violence and in fact shares many aspects with Christianity.
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