Malawi Muslims Burn Bibles

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Malawi Muslims burn Bibles Oct 06, 2010
Uh Oh.

It's on now.

Expect unruly mobs merging and terrorist cells forming after this incident. No doubt Pat Robertson will appear on cable satellite stations egging Christians in Africa on to kill those involved with these sinister Bible burnings.

Muslims in southern Malawi have been burning Bibles in protest against their distribution in Islamic schools by Gideon's International, said a senior Muslim Association of Malawi official.

"That annoyed some parents and other leaders who have resorted to burning the holy books ... in protest," Sheikh Imran Sharif, the association's secretary general, told Reuters.

He said the burning of Bibles was carried out by a few Muslim fanatics and the association has ordered them to stop.

Malawi has 1.7 million Muslims, mostly living in the south of the country, that has a population of about 15 million. The Muslim protest has been widely criticised in secular Malawi, which has had little religious friction.

Reverend McDonald Kadawati, a leading Christian clergyman asked Muslim leaders to ask followers to stop burning Bibles.

"This is a sad case of religious intolerance and we condemn it in all uncertain terms," Kadawati said. He called on police to arrest those involved. Inspector General of Police Peter Mukhito said police have launched an investigation but did not say how many Bibles have been burnt.

Gideon's International, which is dedicated to providing copies of the Bible to people around the globe, said on its Website it has distributed about 90 million Bibles in 22 countries in eastern Africa.

The incident in Malawi comes after US President Barack Obama appealed for religious tolerance last month in response to a Florida pastor's threat to burn copies of the Koran, which sparked an outcry in the Muslim world.


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Where's skateboard dude when you need him?

'Dude, you HAVE no Bible':
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But seriously, goes to show that there are the equivalent Pastor What'shisface everywhere.

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Re: Malawi Muslims burn Bibles Oct 06, 2010
Yeah, there are religious fanatics everywhere, as evidenced by the unruly mobs raging in North America and terrorist cells formed to assassinate those Muslims who burnt Bibles.

No, wait....
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Re: Malawi Muslims Burn Bibles Oct 06, 2010
Guess Madona won't be adopting any more orphans from there any time soon !
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Re: Malawi Muslims Burn Bibles Oct 07, 2010
:)

I have a sneaky suspicion that this is another case of eh not reading what he posted. Surely he should be defending the rights of the 'few muslim fanatics' ordered to stop by the Islamic authorities? Oh - but that would also assume a rational logical argument... hmm, I see the flaw in that line of reasoning! :)

What it does go to show, though, is that Malawi Muslims are better at controlling their rogue 'fanatics' than the good folk in Florida. (Or perhaps the media aren't that ar*sed to go to rural Malawi and make a fuss?)

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Re: Malawi Muslims burn Bibles Oct 07, 2010
Any minute now, Christians are going to form unruly hate mobs and burn effigies of Malawi Muslims in protest over the actual burning of Bibles.

Any minute now....

Pat Robertson will appear on satellite tv and call for heads to be chopped.

Any minute now....

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American Christians upset over Bible burnings in Malawi

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Canadians burn Malawi Muslims in effigy - call for the UN to intervene
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Re: Malawi Muslims Burn Bibles Oct 07, 2010
the lady doth protest too much, methinks.

I guess the young one isn't happy that Malawian muslims have better control over their 'fanatics' than his fellow Americans - I mean it took skateboard dude to stop one American fanatic from burning a Quran!

Or perhaps the 'talking donkey' research is starting to get to him? We should be told. :)


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Re: Malawi Muslims burn Bibles Oct 07, 2010
Control what?

Free speech?

It isn't people who burn missionary books that I care about.

You really are hopeless if you're calling the people who burn their own private property fanatics....as opposed to, you know, the people who would kill these people over burning their own private property.

Oh, and your comparison is ridiculous.

The Muslims who burnt Bibles are part of some Muslim organization. Pastor Jones leads his own congregation and has no one to answer to.

Therefore, no one can tell him that can't burn Korans.
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Re: Malawi Muslims burn Bibles Oct 08, 2010
You calling cool skateboard dude 'ridiculous'?

Sense of humour failure, or just the usual loon hatred/rants? :)

(Surely you're not hoping someone takes you seriously? Now, THAT would be funny! :mrgreen: )

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Re: Malawi Muslims Burn Bibles Oct 13, 2010
I don't think there will be a large backlash, at least not one that matters. It is good to see that they have freedom of speech :)
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