An American sniper has been sent home from Iraq for using a copy of the Koran for target practice at a shooting range near Baghdad, the US military says.
The Muslim holy book was found riddled with bullet holes last week by Iraqi police, who also discovered offensive graffiti inside its cover.
A US military spokesman said the soldier had been removed from his unit, sent home, and would be disciplined.
He was unnamed, but was reportedly a staff sergeant in a sniper section.
US military spokesman Colonel Bill Buckner said the incident was "both serious and deeply troubling", but stressed it was an "isolated incident and a result of one soldier's actions".
The US army's commander in Baghdad, Major-General Jeffery Hammond, made a personal apology to local Sunni Arab leaders in Radwaniya, CNN reported.
On arrival, he was met by hundreds of protesting tribesmen.
"In the most humble manner, I look into your eyes today and I say, please forgive me and my soldiers," Gen Hammond said, according to CNN.
The military presented the elders with a new copy of the Koran.
An Iraqi community leader said Sunni Arab tribal units who fought alongside US forces had threatened to quit, but that the US apology had assuaged their anger.
"I was feeling bitterness, but as long as they apologised we are okay with them. Our anger has cooled," Saeed al-Zubaie told Reuters.
And verily for everything that a slave loses there is a substitute, but the one who loses Allah will never find anything to replace Him.” [Related by Ibn al-Qayyim in ad-Dâ' wad-Dawâ Fasl 49]
And verily for everything that a slave loses there is a substitute, but the one who loses Allah will never find anything to replace Him.” [Related by Ibn al-Qayyim in ad-Dâ' wad-Dawâ Fasl 49]
Al Quada blew up 8 civilians that same week. They used an 8 year old Girl as the bomber.
I wonder which event will cause the most fury amongst the ummah?
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pls al qaeda shmyda.. is that anything like the easter bunny and santi clause.. the hilarity
A doctor finding death hilarious?
Even Harold Shipman diddnt laugh at it.
Occupation: The term of control of a territory by foreign military forces: Iraq 2003-2005 Liberation:when something or someone is freed: Operation Telic 2003
Al Quada blew up 8 civilians that same week. They used an 8 year old Girl as the bomber.
I wonder which event will cause the most fury amongst the ummah?
Do you understand the difference though? Having an enemy do something which you expect the enemy may do, can be bad, but is to some extent expected. Having an ally do something which an enemy would do is, no matter how trivial it may seem, really shocking.
So if someone takes Al Qaeda as enemy and Us as allies and finds out what happend it may upset them in different ways.
The path is long but I hope we meet,
After the grave and the Day, in paradise in bliss upon a reclined seat.
A traveler traveling - travelled from shirk to tawheed,
If I'm remembered for anything - let it be the Mercy I seek.
A doctor finding death hilarious?
Even Harold Shipman diddnt laugh at it.
should the word death by itself rouse a reaction? I don't take things at face value.. I know that is what the media expects you to do when feeding you 'news' /opinions but I fear it has no impact on me what so ever... seeing for oneself and hearing about from parties with agenda are subjects entirely different. What I see are Muslims suffering the world over as I travel war torn regions.. what I hear on the news in fabricated propaganda for the purpose of promoting the globalization agenda and breaking apart the umma...
I am a Muslim.. and المؤمن كيّس فطن
I should really make that my signature from now on
cheerio
Text without context is pretext If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him
I'll point out that shooting up a book is just stupid. Shooting up a Holy Book is wrong and shooting up a Quran is stupid , wrong and likely to get people killed.
The Soldier in question was a moron.
He was recognised as a moron and has been punished as such.
War is indeed hidious, Simple rules such as the geneva convention try to limit the buisness.
When one side is using human sheilds, Child Bombs, deliberate targeting of innocents, torture, terror tactics and unadulterated evil as a weapon, it's not hard, one would think, to either condem this or at least have the affair raise some emotion in a person.
For some people its harder than it looks. Cartoons and Bullets into inanimate objects seem to raise much more distress amongst those sitting in comfort and safety.
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Sorry, I stand corrected on the attack. It was indeed against a military target, the legitimate government of the Iraqi people. If the bomber hadnt been a Kid then apart from the ridiculous stupidity of strapping explosives to your body, then I would class it as a insurgant attack. I was mixing it up with the 99 civvys dead from the Downs syndrome bombers a few weeks back.
I dont know if the hilarity or indifference is increased by the body count. If the former then i'm glad to raise a smile, if the latter hope I havnt bored anyone into a slumber.
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For some people its harder than it looks. Cartoons and Bullets into inanimate objects seem to raise much more distress amongst those sitting in comfort and safety.
This is islam, where ever we are we will inshallah keep this unity amongst the ummah the one who are in constant terror and the one who are comfortable and safe both will show distress because if we didnt then we would be dummies.whenever you try to type something in relation to this type of topic i would advice you to think twice and also have a brief thought that we muslims are passionate about our religion
BTW, subsequent reports suggested she was closer to 16 so everything is just fine.
I am sold.. your telegraph uk is a poster paper for credenza...
You should enlist yourself luke and do something about this injustice first hand, rather than bore me with platitude on a public forum..
cheers
Text without context is pretext If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him
This is islam, where ever we are we will inshallah keep this unity amongst the ummah the one who are in constant terror and the one who are comfortable and safe both will show distress because if we didnt then we would be dummies.whenever you try to type something in relation to this type of topic i would advice you to think twice and also have a brief thought that we muslims are passionate about our religion
I know you are passionate about the religion, and theres nothing wrong with that , to a point.
It still stands that this "Sniper" will receive more hatred from the Ummah than the killers of that Girl ever will. Check out the reactions to this as they happen. If I'm wrong, then I'll accept it.
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