20 Dead In Afghan Riots Over Quran-burning

Afghans chant anti-American slogans as smoke rises from a United Nations compound, during a demonstration to condemn the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book by a U.S. pastor, in Mazar-i- Sharif April 1, 2011. Afghan insurgents used mass protests against Koran burning as cover to launch an attack on the United Nations building in northern Mazar-i-Sharif city, in which at least seven foreigners were killed, the governor of Northern Balkh province said. The United Nations death toll in an attack on the U.N. compound in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif could be as high as 20, U.N. officials told Reuters on Friday.

Source: Reuters Date:04/01/2011

Afghans chant anti-American slogans during a demonstration to condemn the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book by a U.S. pastor, in Mazar-i- Sharif April 1, 2011. Afghan insurgents used mass protests against Koran burning as cover to launch an attack on the United Nations building in northern Mazar-i-Sharif city, in which at least seven foreigners were killed, the governor of Northern Balkh province said. The United Nations death toll in an attack on the U.N. compound in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif could be as high as 20, U.N. officials told Reuters on Friday.

Source: Reuters Date:04/01/2011

Afghans carry a man who was wounded following an attack on an United Nations compound, during a demonstration to condemn the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book by a U.S. pastor, in Mazar-i- Sharif April 1, 2011. The U.N. death toll could be as high as 20, U.N. officials told Reuters on Friday. Afghan insurgents used mass protests against Koran burning as cover to launch an attack on the United Nations building in northern Mazar-i-Sharif city, in which at least seven foreigners were killed, the governor of Northern Balkh province said.

Source: Reuters Date:04/01/2011

Afghans carry a man who was wounded following an attack on an United Nations compound, during a demonstration to condemn the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book by a U.S. pastor, in Mazar-i- Sharif April 1, 2011. The U.N. death toll could be as high as 20, U.N. officials told Reuters on Friday. Afghan insurgents used mass protests against Koran burning as cover to launch an attack on the United Nations building in northern Mazar-i-Sharif city, in which at least seven foreigners were killed, the governor of Northern Balkh province said.

Source: Reuters Date:04/01/201

$2.2 Million Fatwa on Terry Jones after Quran Burning--Omg !!!

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Dove World Outreach Center 'executes' the Quran.

Terry Jones, the Florida evangelical pastor who threatened to hold a Quran burning last Sept. 11 only to back down in the face of international outrage, finally went ahead and burned one.

And now there's a 2.2-million-dollar price on his head.

Jones appointed himself "judge" and presided over a trial hearing evidence and testimony against Islam's holy book. A "jury" found the book guilty of crimes against humanity; promoting terrorist acts; raping, torturing and killing people "whose only crime was not being of the Islamic faith." Also, its treatment of women was found lacking.

Interestingly, lethal injection and electrocution, the two forms of capital punishment in Florida, were not offered to the convicted holy book. Instead, an online Facebook poll picked the sentence from these choices - burning, shredding, drowning or firing squad. Burning won.

Sentence was carried out by soaking the convicted in kerosene, placing it a metal tray and igniting it with a barbecue lighter. Thirty people witnessed the execution.

Jones' kangaroo court stunt was obviously aimed at provoking a response, but the Council on American-Islamic Relations didn't take the bait.

"Terry Jones had his 15 minutes of fame and we're not going to help him get another few minutes," said Spokesman Ibrahim Hooper.

Unfortunately, Pakistan did.

Pakistani Islamists respond to the Florida Quran burning with their own U.S. flag and pastor effigy barbecue.

President Asif Ali Zardari condemned the desecration of the Quran during his address to a joint sitting of parliament. The country's Foreign Office in Islamabad called it a "despicable act."

Pakistanis are already angry at the United States over the release last week of an American CIA employee who was arrested after he shot and killed two men who he says were trying to rob him.

Pakistan's Jamaat-ud-Dawah, a banned Islamic organization and suspected terrorist group, announced a reward of 10 crore rupees (about $2.2 million) for anyone who kills the preacher.

Jones is probably pleased that at least the terrorists are taking him seriously.

US pastor supervises Quran burning, sparks outrage in Pak (Times of India)

Koran burned after Fla. church 'trial' (CBS News)

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