these groups continue to be off their collective rockers..
I didn't see their statements on the following news stroy as I wrote last week on my blog:
KARACHI, Pakistan — A homicide bomber blew himself up during evening prayers at a Shiite mosque Monday….

I wonder how many Koran's were not defaced but outright destroyed in that attack and the 100's of other instances of attacks on Mosque's. I'm having a real hard time respecting their their religion when it's being used to kill so often.

I think to even entertain the notion of enforcing Sharia law would be a really scary road to go down.

I think maybe the Muslims need to lighten up some on the whole Sharia law thing-it is time for a reformation, and here's hoping the facsist wing of the religious doesn't end up the victor while the moderates don't do crap.

I think that is what bothers me-I have been told there are moderate voices in Islam, and other than Irshad Manji, I haven't really heard too many of them condemning the fascist wing of their religion. I mean honestly you would think if there was anytime for the moderate voices to speak out, it would be over the Koran stuff.

The greatest, most severe punishment for "desecrating" the Koran any member of our military should receive is reassignment. That's it, nothing more. And it could even be reassignment of duties within the same unit.

The way our media is treating this story is just obscene. What was it, last week or 2 weeks ago, that terrorists blew up a Mosque and it wasn't a story for more than a day. But for some reason the mishandling of a Koran is a greater offense.

I mean seriously, this is just a book, I know its holy to those in the Muslim faith, but so our honor killings. And I don't think even those so vehemently against GWB would defend a Muslim who killed his wife because she went somewhere or did something with another man.

Mike you make a good point.

The muslim fanatics don't seem to be rioting in the streets, because several Korans were descrated in a Mosque bombing, but God forbid that a soldier touch a Koran doing a security search.

Are you guys seriously believing that after Abu Ghraib, with more photos of homosexual sex still to be released, after the torture planes, after all this you don't believe that an American soldier could defile the Quran? With the same people in charge at Gitmo as Abu Ghraib?
May i just add that you are the only country in the world who doesn't believe this.

Gordon

What IS your problem?

There has been NO torture at Gitmo and within 31,000 documents, FIVE instances of mishandling of the Koran.

Abu Ghraib was abberation and the military already had it completely under investigation months prior to the breathless prose of the MSM...indeed, the military had already TOLD the MSM about Abu Ghraib, but they ignored running with the story until the pics came out.

I don't effing care if someone DID flush a Koran (never happened) .... it does not justify moslems rioting and murdering.

YOu seem bound and determined to talk yourself into being a good dhimmi.

I wouldn't hold my breath when it comes to Bush policing betrayals of our Constitution.

"The muslim fanatics don't seem to be rioting in the streets, because several Korans were descrated in a Mosque bombing, but God forbid that a soldier touch a Koran doing a security search."

Gee, do you think that the fanatics doing the bombing and fanatics doing the rioting want the same thing? That they're on the same side? And that, low and behold, religious fanaticism is for them is just another means for a minority to seize power? It amazes me that you all can use the rioting in Pakistan to both beat up on Newsweek and Islam as a whole without the slightest thought to the idea that these fanatics are a minority made larger by your own fanatical reponses to their provocations. Not to mention the fact that if all the fanatics needed was one incident of abuse, just one, to trumpet anyway they wanted, well, we gave them what they wanted in spades. But still, with every unthinking, cry of "See look, Islam is evil" you throw more fuel on the fire. Yup, It's going to be a long Holy War.

It amazes me that you all can use the rioting in Pakistan to both beat up on Newsweek and Islam as a whole without the slightest thought to the idea that these fanatics are a minority made larger by your own fanatical reponses to their provocations.

Yes, its all our fault that Islam is evil!! Come on, we all know that Islam is the religion of peace!! Everyday I hear those moderates Muslims denounce the very terrorists the kill in the name of their religion of peace. We just constantly provoke those extremists with our book torture and lifestyles. I mean it's not like there are Islamic clerics enraging the masses through anti-American propaganda or anything like that, now is there frameone??

And gordon, more photos of homosexual sex??? More photos??? When were the first ones released?? Just make sure they are not from a porn site, it's not like people have done that before to try and tarnish our military and GWB.

"...and not be lenient with the perpetrators of the desecration." And what exactly does THAT mean? What is their Sharia Law on that one? Death? Dismemberment? Stoning?