The Qur'an and Islamic books taken to an incinerator were slated for destruction because they contained "extremist literature" and "clandestine communications".
The Qur'an can be used as a cryptograph to relay messages. My research has tracked this issue for years. Extremist Islamic literature must be eradicated for the public good. Period.
If my Commander-in-Chief should truly ponder any real prosecution for burning a Qur'an he needs to seek out our members of Congress and the Pentagon community to change the Uniform Code of Military Justice. We need to add article 295 b of the Pakistan penal code, which addresses desecration of the Qur'an.
But then I remember. We are Americans. We are a different civilization. Our view of books, even holy books, is quite different in an open society.
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LCDR Tammy Swofford, USNR, NC
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