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Backlash against Christians feared


Chad Groening and Jody Brown - OneNewsNow - 9/8/2010 4:05:00 AM

An organization dedicated to persecuted Christians worldwide says Christians around the world will be in danger if a Florida church goes ahead with its plans to burn Qurans on the upcoming anniversary of September 11.

In a recent e-mail to The Associated Press, General David Petraeus, the top American military commander in Afghanistan, warned that "images of the burning of a Quran would undoubtedly be used by extremists in Afghanistan -- and around the world -- to inflame public opinion and incite violence" and could endanger U.S. troops and Americans worldwide.

The general's comments follow a protest Monday by hundreds of Afghans over the plans by the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville to burn Qurans on church grounds to mark the ninth anniversary of 9/11. On Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told his staff that he endorses Petraeus' view.

Dr. Carl Moeller, president and CEO of Open Doors USA, argues another people group may suffer even more. He believes Christians in the Muslim world will suffer the brunt of the repercussions from any Quran burnings.
"Look, Danish cartoonists weren't beaten by mobs when the Danish cartoons showed Mohammad," he recalls. "...It was the Christians across the village who were beaten by the mobs and the churches that were burned and the pastors who were killed throughout the Muslim world when those cartoons were released."

Echoing Petraeus' concerns, Moeller adds: "I'm afraid that this church in Florida that's planning on burning Qurans on 9/11 will do nothing but inflame insane people in the Muslim world to take out their hatred and literally murderous wrath on the Christian communities in those countries."

But Dove Outreach Pastor Terry Jones told The Associated Press on Tuesday that while he agrees his plan to burn copies of the Quran could provoke violent opposition, he says America should quit apologizing for its actions and bowing to kings. (Read Associated Press story: Fla. minister says Quran burning still planned)
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But it's OK to burn Bibles?

Several officials in the Obama administration -- Petraeus, Gates, and even Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- have voiced publicly their disapproval of the planned Quran burning in Florida. But less than 18 months ago, officials in the U.S. military in Afghanistan confiscated and then burned Bibles printed in Pashto and Dari, the two most common Afghan languages.

The Bibles, which had been sent from a church in the United States to an American soldier at Bagram Air Base, were confiscated because -- according to a Defense Department spokesman -- military rules forbid troops of any religion from prosylytizing while deployed there.

"...It could be perceived by Afghans that the U.S. government or the U.S. military was trying to convert Muslims," Lt. Col. Mark Wright explained at the time, adding that such religious outreach could endanger American troops and civilians in the devoutly Muslim nation. (See related story)

In a OneNewsNow poll conducted in May 2009, more than 60 percent of respondents said -- in reaction to the decision by the U.S. military to destroy the Bibles -- that "if it had been the Quran, this never would have happened."
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I have mixed feelings on this. As Americans we need to stand strong for our constitutional rights. Have we forgotten 9/11/2001??
Have we forgotten that muslims want to throw their attack against us by building a mosque near the sight of ground zero. Shall we continue to be a puppet to muslims???? They burn our Bible, our flag,  WE NEED TO STAY UP FOR 
G O D & NOT COWARD DOWN TO POLITICALLY CORRECTNESS.  The world muslims already hold hatred toward Christians, the United States, our military. So, the muslims have another victory over American. The muslims needs to quit defiling our G O D , our beliefs. SO, what is the difference in that church to stand up for G O D?????????? And the muslims continue to defile
 G O D.
Are we ashamed of G O D?????????
 
In Christ Jesus
 
Rev. Londa