Organization of Islamic Cooperation mulls proposals to deal with Koran burning at emergency meeting

Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein also called on the United Nations to “take measures to prevent these incidents.”

If they aren't in your jurisdiction, I don't think you can.

Maybe, you stop forcing women to cover their heads and we'll stop burning your magic book.

If you think the burning of a book should be punishable by death, you do not belong in the civilized world!!

There is NO justification for punishment of free speech, regardless of the nature of the free speech!

Anyone that defends ANY restriction on free speech doe not believe in free speech. At all.

Perhaps an acceptable counter-offer from the democracies could involve the prohibition on burning anything (flags, bras, books, torches) in these public places? Or, if you don’t like a given countries laws (drugs, consumption of various critters, dress codes, permissiveness) just don’t go there.

There is NO justification for punishment of free speech, regardless of the nature of the free speech!

Yes, there is, but only under very special situations or in private spaces. Nobody has any "right" to say whatever they like on my land, for example. On public land, if there isn't any immediate danger caused, then the right to "say" nearly anything using words, actions, or "art" needs to be protected. If people don't approve, don't watch.

I support the right of anyone to burn a Koran, Bible, Torah, any Buddhist book...or anything considered "holy".

NO religion has any right to impose sanctions or rules on citizens in a free, secular nation. If people of religion do not like that - leave.

These people are idiots. I have been watching the American flag be burned on TV for my whole life. Did they expect no reaction?

The religion Islam needs to respect the religion America.

Disrespect aside, when they do this they have to purchase a copy. And the more they purchase the more copies of the book come into circulation. If they really wanted to stop it they should just not buy it to burn in the first place.

The first Koran burned in Sweden was burned by an Iraqi Christian who was seeking asylum in Sweden. He had a criminal record in Iraq, came to Sweden seeking asylum but was arrested for several minor crimes and an assault, the latter of which would disqualify him from asylum. So instead he burns a Koran and causes a big stink in Iraq so now he can argue he can no longer return safely.

But wait there is more. Did anyone notice the banners and signs the protesters in Baghdad were carrying? Every one was of Muqtada al Sadr. Hmmm. What's with that? Well Iraq has regional elections in December. If you recall al Sadr's list had a majority in Parliament at the last election but could not come up with a 2/3 majority to elect a President. He led demonstrations in the Green Zone, took over Parliament and was trying to force a decision when his religious sponsor, a Grand Ayatollah, pulled his support of al Sadr and told his followers to put their allegiance in an Grand Ayatollah based in Iran. And, obtw, send him your money instead of sending it to al Sadr. Lacking religious authority to practice politics, something necessary in Iraq, al Sadr and all of his ministers resigned. He has been in political limbo ever since.

The going theory in the Middle Eastern Press is that these Koran burnings are being organized by al Sadr and some other groups who wish to destabilize the current Iraq government and the various Shiite militias that draw their funding and owe their allegiance to Iran. It is not an accident that the protesters in Iraq are overwhelmingly Sadrists. They are trying to create chaos as a way to discredit some of the Iran sponsored candidates running for office hoping once again to get Sadrists in power.

I'm sure the burning of the Koran is a big issue for this organization. But isn't what the Taliban are doing in Afghanistan not a concern to them? Or the treatment of the Uighurs by China?

Isn't it strange that OIC never talks about the Uyghur genocide going on in China? Are Uyghurs not treated as Muslims by OIC?