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Started by pr126, January 01, 2017, 12:00:10 AM

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German authorities puzzled over Koran disposal
QuotePolice have confiscated tens of thousands of copies of a banned version of the Koran that came under fire for promoting religious hatred. Now the authorities must decide what to do with them.

Throughout 2016, German authorities carried out raids on hundreds of locations across 10 federal states in a crackdown on the "True Religion" Salafist group, confiscating tens of thousands of copies of a fundamentalist translation of the Koran. According to media reports on Friday, the government was grappling with how to dispose of the texts - and the only option may be to bury the whole lot in the desert.

In one warehouse alone in the Cologne suburb of Pulheim, wrote German broadcaster WDR, some 22,000 of these controversial Korans sit wrapped in plastic. Emblazoned with the word "Lies!" which translates to "Read!" or "Read It," the books were removed from circulation for "spreading messages of hate and anti-constitutional ideologies," in the words of Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere.

De Maiziere has further said that more than 100 young men traveled from Germany to Iraq and Syria to join the so-called "Islamic State" (IS) terrorists after being exposed to the book's strict, draconian interpretation of Islam and Islamic law. Along with the book, the "True Religion" group that distributed it has also been banned for promoting hate.
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A proper burial

But the ban does not solve the dilemma of how to properly get rid of thousands of books which contain Islam's holy scripture. According to WDR, the government of North Rhine-Westphalia has been in contact with Muslim leaders and experts in Islamic studies for a method of disposal that does not involve burning, shredding, or recycling the paper.

The traditional way to dispose of an old or desecrated Koran is to wrap it in a cloth and bury it, preferably somewhere hallowed and nowhere a person may accidentally walk over it. While some scholars say dropping it into flowing water or burning it is acceptable when burial is impossible, the first option presents logistical and environmental dilemmas while the latter evokes unsavory historical connotations.

As per WDR, the authorities are truly considering burying all the "Read!" Korans in the desert as the best way to get rid of a book that incites religious hatred and pay the proper amount of respect to the sanctity of the text for Muslims. A spokeswoman for the federal interior ministry told the broadcaster that no decisions have yet been made regarding the books as they continue to gather dust in warehouses across Germany.

The Quran is promoting religious hatred? Say it isn't so.

German authorities are unaware that there is only one Islam and one Quran in existence.

Recommendation: Distribute the Qurans among government employees and make it a compulsory read.



Baruch

William Tyndale, who wrote most of the good parts of what eventually became the King James Bible ... was executed in the Low Countries, while a fugitive from justice in jolly old England.  It was heretical to print a Bible without the permission of the church or the king.  It was also heretical to translate it without authority.  What really pissed on Henry VIII ... was the commentary that was in Tyndale's version, which was un-complementary of his monarchy.

Perhaps this particular Quran has some nasty commentary?  Technically, there is only one Quran, and it is the Arabic one.  Translations are not the Quran, and no commentary is authorized in the Quran itself.  The imams or ayatollahs provide the commentary.
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

pr126

Visitors (pilgrims) to Saudi Arabia have their Qurans confiscated at entry and replaced by the Saudi version.
The confiscated Qurans are destroyed - burned, pulped, thown into domestic garbage.

Cavebear

Quote from: pr126 on January 01, 2017, 04:15:12 AM
Visitors (pilgrims) to Saudi Arabia have their Qurans confiscated at entry and replaced by the Saudi version.
The confiscated Qurans are destroyed - burned, pulped, thown into domestic garbage.

Much as I would sort of like to see all religious texts burned for warmth, I think the historical value of the idiocy would be lost.  Some at least should be kept in museums.  A lesson in nonsense to the future...
Atheist born, atheist bred.  And when I die, atheist dead!