Jeffrey Weiss' article on the meaning of the Quran in Saturday's edition confused me. ("Quran Carries Great Meaning to Muslims," may 29.)
If the Quran is so sacred to Muslims, where is the outrage when insurgents in Iraq set off car bombs in front of mosques? How many Qurans or "representatives of the physical embodiment of the words of God" were destroyed, dirtied or allowed to touch the ground in these car-bomb attacks?
For me to take the imams seriously about their reverence for their holy book, I will need to understand why their outrage is so selective.
Who gave the Muslim detainees Qurans in the first place? It was the U.S. military with gloved hands showing all the respect a Western mind can muster for Islam. Were Nick Berg or our captured soldiers given a Bible or Torah before they were beaten, beheaded and their bodies burned?
-Scott Nelson,
Des Moines.
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