Unfair, Unjustified, and Exceedingly Unkempt

I just don't understand how a rumor of desecrating the Quran can lead to the burning of 2 churches by 1500 Muslims.

And here I'm assuming that it WAS burnt, although it is being denied vehemently. As a policeman said,

"We don't know who is right and who is wrong, but the fact remains that hundreds of people today attacked two churches and burnt them"

Let's put aside this church burning act for a few seconds. It isn't the first time the burning of the Quran has led to mass revolts by people ... people who don't revolt against the deaths of Muslims by those pretending to act in the name of Islam.

Maybe I just don't understand the concept of a Holy Book. But I think it's fair to say that there is something fundamentally wrong (to put it mildly) when 1500 people have the motivation to burn down two churches because a Holy Book was destroyed, but feel no urge to at least shout in anger when others have usurped Islam and used it as an excuse for murder.

posted by Lazarus, 9:51 AM