Jihadists take the bait, threaten Florida church with suicide bombings
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/08/jihadists-take-the-bait-threaten-florida-church-with-suicide-bombings.html"International Burn a Koran Day" does a grave disservice to the cause of spreading awareness about Islamic teachings and the threat that Sharia poses to our way of life. It is a gift to Islamic groups who would so dearly love to portray all of us who criticize and question Islamic teachings (and triumphalist mosques) as frothing reactionaries.
Of all imagery to appropriate from the past century, that of book-burning is utterly disastrous, inviting comparisons with the Nazis' famous roundup of banned books, and creating an opening for Heinrich Heine's famous response: "Where one burns books, one will soon burn people."
The most substantive means of framing the conflict between Western values and Islamic law are productive, not destructive: Artwork, satire, commentary and criticism, to name a few.
Awareness is a mightier weapon than a bonfire.
As such, it would be better to read aloud from the Qur'an for all to hear of its hatred and subjugation of non-believers, the second-class status of women, cruel and unusual punishments, and open-ended calls to warfare in order to impose Islamic law.
Nonetheless, while Islamic advocacy groups are likely squealing with glee at such a free shot at playing the victim, at least one set of jihadists couldn't contain themselves: "Islamic Radicals Threaten Suicide Bombings Against Gainesville Church," by Adam Kirk for WOKV, August 23:
[...] One jihadist website vowed to conduct suicide bombings in Florida to avenge the Koran burning, while others predicted an increase in terrorist recruits as a result of such actions.
"By Allah, the wars are heated and you Americans are the ones who...enflamed it," says one such posting. "By Allah you will be the first to taste its flames." ...
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