Muslim scholars convince S. African court to block Bible burning
A South African court has blocked a Muslim businessman’s plan to burn Bibles on Saturday in response to a Florida pastor’s threat to burn the Koran, the lawyer who brought the case said.
The Johannesburg High Court issued an urgent interdict late Friday blocking Mohammed Vawda from burning Bibles at a square in the centre of the city, said Zehir Omar.
Vawda’s plans for a “Burn the Bible Day” were intended to react to pastor Terry Jones’ threats to mark Saturday’s anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States by setting alight a pile of Korans, said Omar, who brought the case on behalf of an Islamic intellectual organisation, Scholars of the Truth.
“Vawda insisted that something must be done in retaliation to pastor Jones’ plans,” Omar told AFP.
“He was horribly riled up at pastor Jones’ repeated threats.”
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Omar said his clients had brought the case to stop the burning of the Judeo-Christian text which is also considered sacred by many Muslims.
“The Scholars of the Truth are of the view that the burning of the Bible is offensive to Muslims. The Koran incorporates the Gospel and the Torah,” he said.
This article is interesting as it shows Muslim scholars striving to stop Bible burnings by the hateful.
The hate groups in the US (Geller et. al.) always love to show images from abroad of some atrocity or offensive action committed by a group of fanatical muslims, and then use it to paint all muslims as being like the fanatics.
Well, here is a case of S. African muslims standing against someone (another muslim, who is enraged by Jones’ attempt to burn Korans in Florida) who simply wants to hate back.