The Pentagon has released their findings of an investigation of abuses of the Koran at the Guantanamo Prison. The study found five incidents of the Koran being handled in what the Pentagon perceives to be an improper manner. Two of the incidents were deemed to be purposeful and three were deemed to be accidental. At least one civilian interrogator was fired from his job after it was found that he threw a copy of the Koran on the floor. None of the incidents involved attempting to flush the book down the commode (a sure way to get a plumber some work). The various news media are suffering from the vapors over the story because Newsweek was almost right.
Meanwhile, the Saudi Arabian government continues to confiscate and shred the Bibles of those entering that lovely land:Saudis Shred Bibles, Rights Campaigners Claim -- 05/19/2005 . The reaction of the Christian world? Not much.
Could it be that even the most hot fundamentalist Christian is more secure in his religion than the average Mohammedan? We call the Bible the Holy Bible, but the actual physical books are not holy. It is what is in the books that is holy. The Islamic world, on the other hand, seems to believe that each and every Koran (at least those written in Arabic, and any Muslim who knows anything about his religion will tell you that the Koran is really only true when written in Arabic) is a holy artifact not unlike the way that detritus left behind by Elvis Presley (i.e., toenail clippings, chewed gum, pill bottles, etc.) is considered holy and venerable by Elvoids.
But perhaps your faithful correspondent is just not sensitive enough to cultural differences. And your faithful correspondent just doesn't care if he isn't. Multiculturalism is for people who can't make up their minds at a Baskin-Robbins ice cream store.
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