Religious leaders (Hindu Buddhist Jewish Christian Sikh Zoroastrian) decry plans for Quran burning

[Turborama]

Source: Houston Chronicle

Religious leaders gathered in Houston on Saturday to condemn a Florida church's campaign to burn hundreds of Qurans later this week.

Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, Sikh, Zoroastrian and Muslim clergy spoke to about 120 people at an interfaith symposium held at the Baitus Samee Mosque in northwest Houston. They discussed the sanctity of scriptures and denounced the ill-treatment of religious books.

"Even if it is a human document merely inspired by encounters of the divine, or generations of my people's wisdom passed down and kept sacred, it is still sacred," Rabbi Jonathan Siger told the audience.

Notorious past

The symposium was held in response to the Dove World Outreach Center's announcement of a "Burn a Quran Day" on Sept. 11 at their church property in Gainesville, Fla.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7187112.html

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The fire permit has been denied twice: http://citylimits.blogs.gainesville.com/11721/dove-worlds-fire-permit-denied-again/?tc=ar

Even World Nut Daily seem to think it's a dangerous idea. Google, "'Burn a Quran' pastor: Plan could put Americans in danger" to see what I mean.

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This is how it's being reported in Indonesia, where I live as an expat. (The comments on the side of the article are worth reading, too)

Tension Mounts as Groups Protest Plan to Burn Koran
Ulma Haryanto | September 06, 2010

Jakarta. As the weekend saw protests in different parts of the country against an American church’s plan to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by burning copies of the Koran, pluralism advocates on Sunday called for cooler heads to prevail and violence to be avoided.

The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, said it will burn the Islamic holy book on the ninth anniversary of the terror attacks.

Local officials have denied a permit for the bonfire on the church’s grounds, but the center — which made headlines last year by distributing T-shirts that said “Islam is of the Devil” — insists it will go ahead with the plan.

In Jakarta on Saturday, about 3,000 members of the hard-line Islamic group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia marched to the US Embassy in Jakarta waving banners and posters condemning the plan.

The group organized similar rallies in five other cities across Indonesia.

Full article: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/tension-mounts-as-groups-protest-plan-to-burn-koran/394778