Residents Angered by Group’s Distribution of Korans
July 2nd, 2008 . byFound at Fox News
Some Houston residents are upset after Korans were left on the doorsteps of hundreds of homes in their neighborhood as part of a campaign to educate people about Islam.
Residents of Braes Timbers in southwest Houston began finding the holy books two weeks ago, MyFOXHouston.com reported. The Korans came with a note saying they had been left by the Book of Signs Foundation, which claims to have distributed 30,000 free copies of the texts to residents throughout the city.
“If we went into a Muslim country and left a Bible, we would be in prison and then decapitated a few years later,” Sue Ann Pieri, a resident who chose not to destroy the book, as other neighbors did, told MyFOXHouston.com.
The foundation, which left the books on doormats or hanging from doorknobs, said in a note accompanying the Koran that “rather than judging Islam and Muslims by the actions of a few, we want our fellow citizens to judge us by the book that influences and guides the lives of over 1 billion Muslims.”
Tarick Hussein, the president of Houston’s Council on American-Islamic Relations, told the station he believes the Book of Signs Foundation wants to educate non-Muslims about the religion.
He told MyFOXHouston.com: “This is a very peaceful way of conveying a message.”
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I think the Muslim community should be very careful about where they place that cult manual. In Houston, or anywhere else they might find it shoved in a very tight space in a hurry.
Exactly what part of the Quran are the people of Houston supposed to read? do they have a bomb making chapter in there? Is there a “How to fashion a vest full of ball bearings” chapter?
A lot of us know all we need to know about the Quran, we have researched, we have heard the Imams and we have heard the clerics and MOST of us see the news….
No thanks Muslims I’ll stay with my current religion and thanks for the book, I need something to keep my workbench from wobbling.
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And how quickly would the lawsuit have result had a Christian group placed bibles around a similar neighborhood.
BZ
@Bloviating Zeppelin: Isn’t that a fact. I thought I was a little harsh with the Jehova Witnesses that ride around handing out the watchtower… Let a Muzzie come trying to put that satanic cult symbol on my doorstep… Joe Horn would be proud of my response.
Not a hell of a lot of difference, Muzzies and Jehovah Witnesses, same shit, different presentation..
I’m just wondering if those versions of the Koran were complete. Did they include the parts about how muslims are instructed to kill all infidels?
What about this part… “Seek out your enemies relentlessly.” (Surah 4:103-)
Or the part about… “Believers, take neither Jews nor Christians for your friends.” (Surah 5:51)
Or this part… “Believers, make war on the infidels who dwell around you. Deal firmly with them.” (Surah 9:121-)
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If I ever found one of those on my doorstep, I’d let my dog crap on it before I burned it.
You guys are missing a great opportunity.
You see, it costs money to print these. It takes time to deliver them. It uses up both time and resources. You taking one keeps it out of the hands of the weak minded.
Hell, take 2. Keep them busy. Make them think they are making a difference while spending their money. If they are spending on this, they aren’t buying bomb making supplies and they are too busy to assemble them.
Don’t forget to thank them. Not for the trash. For the encouragement. Idol hands are the devil’s workshop.
@ablur: Now that is a good idea… LOL but I think what would happen is they would get better at producing the “terrorist Manifesto” and finally switch to explosive manufacturing which we all know is the logical end to the religion of peace.
OK, I’ll ask the same question here that I did over at Jenn’s:
Why are they leaving their koran in the weather when they get all upset if someone mistreats the silly thing? Isn’t abandoning these copies the same as mistreating them?
@cary - Botan Ichihara: That’s a good question, and I wonder if I walked out of my door, just as they laid the book down and whipped out my “stream maker” would that constitute a blatant disregard for the religion of peace in their eyes? LOL