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'''Quran Burning''' is an act of extreme aggression against Islam and is also one of the most hateful acts a person can commit towards a Muslim, the Quran is considered the most sacred text in the Islam world and burning it is a sacrilege so great it is often punished by death in countries that are ruled by traditional Muslim Law. | '''Quran Burning''' is an act of extreme aggression against Islam and is also one of the most hateful acts a person can commit towards a Muslim, the Quran is considered the most sacred text in the Islam world and burning it is a sacrilege so great it is often punished by death in countries that are ruled by traditional Muslim Law. | ||
Even in countries where it is not punished by death the burning of the Quran remains an immensely controversial act that is seen as hatemongering by many - it also incites Islamic Fundamentalists into revenge attacks and is as disrespectful to the Muslim world as Bible Burning is to the Christian world. | Even in countries where it is not punished by death the burning of the Quran remains an immensely controversial act that is seen as hatemongering by many - it also incites Islamic Fundamentalists into revenge attacks and is as disrespectful to the Muslim world as Bible Burning is to the Christian world. | ||
Due to its immense stigma the act of burning the Quran (at least publically) is extremely rare - the most infamous example was the Westboro Baptist Church, who burned a Quran in front of a Muslim and taunted | Due to its immense stigma, the act of burning the Quran (at least publically) is extremely rare - the most infamous example was the Westboro Baptist Church, who burned a Quran in front of a Muslim and taunted them over it following [[9/11]]. | ||
[[Category:Xenophobes]] | [[Category:Xenophobes]] | ||
[[Category:Anti-Religious]] | [[Category:Anti-Religious]] | ||
[[Category:Mongers]] | [[Category:Mongers]] |