Burn Quran-Sign Petition against it today is last day!!

[جوري]

Perhaps some good can come from Terry Jones and his small bunch of confused followers. Perhaps this can be used as a live demonstration that a small group does not represent any particular group of people. Just as people are learning that Terry Jones does not represent either Americans or Christians this may serve to show Americans and Christians that the actions of wrong doers does not represent Islam.

in fact I hope it backfires on them in a huge way.. reminds me from a poetic verse my father shared today, about Islam being a rock, fought against by a wild animal with antlers who ended up breaking them (his antlers) that is in an effort to remove it (the rock).. I wouldn't go so far to classify that man as an animal, he is a few notches below if at all possible for the amoeba to accommodate him!

 

[abdussattar]

I didnt know that the mosque and burning were related... I thought he was burning quraan because he thinks quraan was responsible for the 9/11 attacks?

I think he is making an excuse , thinking about his fate if he burns the quraan...

 

[جوري]

fi jouhnama wa b'es almaseer ma3 amthaloho insha'Allah.. whether or not he goes ahead with it.. it is true as in the noble Quran, these are their utterances but what their heart hides is even more abominable if that is at all imaginable.......

 

[Asiyah3]

Al-hamdulillah wal-lahu bikulli kulli shay'in 'aleem.

 

[Woodrow]

Terry Jones is grasping at straws to find a reasonable excuse to explain why he canceled the Qur'an burning. The only reason is because he was an idiot to even come up with the idea and he never had enough support to get more Qur'ans that the one or 2 he himself bought. People are not going to buy Qur'ans and donate them to him so he can burn them. He had a dumb idea, got publicity, maybe not the kind he wanted and now has himself backed into a corner. Idiots often do self destruct when they try to implement a stupid plan.

We should send him a Thank You card. I suspect very many people who would have never thought of reading the Qur'an are now reading it, just to see what Terry Jones was all inflamed over.

 

[abdussattar]

I suspect very many people who would have never thought of reading the Qur'an are now reading it,

True. The post is there on page 2 "If they can burn it, we can read it"

http://www.islamicboard.com/general...ion-against-today-last-day-2.html#post1365595

 

[Sawdah]

I think all of this was an over-hype. Plus, Terry Jones is just a big talker, says he's going to do something, but doesn't at the end. I don't think he was realizing what he was saying at time because now everyone was waiting to see if he was actually going to do it. It seems that this event of his got out of hand and now, he couldn't back down and look like a big talker in front of everyone.

By the way, since this Burn a Qur'an Day isn't going to happen, what's he going to do with the Qur'an? I was watching this video and he said he has 200 copies of Qur'an and a bunch of wood. :hmm:

 

[Woodrow]

I think all of this was an over-hype. Plus, Terry Jones is just a big talker, says he's going to do something, but doesn't at the end. I don't think he was realizing what he was saying at time because now everyone was waiting to see if he was actually going to do it. It seems that this event of his got out of hand and now, he couldn't back down and look like a big talker in front of everyone.

By the way, since this Burn a Qur'an Day isn't going to happen, what's he going to do with the Qur'an? I was watching this video and he said he has 200 copies of Qur'an and a bunch of wood. :hmm:

He does not have as much as one Qur'an. He has 200 copies of a Translation. I read some where that a few people are offering to donate up to 300 Real Qur'ans to be distributed to sincere searchers, for each Qur'an translation Terry Jones Burns. His little fiasco may turn into the largest mass distribution of Qur'ans to ever take place. It has made some of us realize how many sincere seekers do not have a Qur'an.

 

[Danah]

The interesting thing is that I saw in the news that he said that he didn't read Quran nor he knows what is inside Quran but he just wanted to burn the Quran anyways.

SubhanAllah!! whats wrong with those people? They are just acting blindly without even thinking about what they are doing!!

 

[Sawdah]

He does not have as much as one Qur'an. He has 200 copies of a Translation. I read some where that a few people are offering to donate up to 300 Real Qur'ans to be distributed to sincere searchers, for each Qur'an translation Terry Jones Burns. His little fiasco may turn into the largest mass distribution of Qur'ans to ever take place. It has made some of us realize how many sincere seekers do not have a Qur'an.

That's true, subhanAllah. Another blessing in disguise.

I was reading this post from a blog that said the following benefits:

Benefits of the National Burn A Koran Day
by Ikram Kurdi on Thursday, September 09, 2010

1. Driving more people away from intolerant versions of Christianity.
2. Generating even more interest in Islam. People will be interested in a book that they are told to burn. If I told you to burn W. Somerset Maugham's book, Moon and Sixpence, your first reaction will probably be to go to Google and see what the book is about. You may even end up reading it.
3. Increasing the profits of companies that print the Quran.

Similar to what I suggested about Draw Prophet Muhammad Day, my suggestion about this event is this: do nothing about it.

I actually Googled the book. I can only imagine how many people have Googled the Qur'an, although I'm guessing they've wikied it...

 

[Woodrow]

My apologies to all. My irresponsible reply derailed the thread. I deleted my post and all posts related to it. It is best we all stay on the original topic.

 

[Ummu Sufyaan]

I didnt know that the mosque and burning were related...

exactly, they weren't/arent. he's just trying make something out of nothing so that if we didnt retract the decision of the masjid, it would make us look bad and the burnings justified.

I thought he was burning quraan because he thinks quraan was responsible for the 9/11 attacks?

even if it was, it still goes to show what an utter idiot he is. after all, how is burning Qurans in the pretext of condemning 9/11, any better than 9/11 itself. it doesn't sound very consistent to me. another ill-thought, dumb excuse.

 

[Woodrow]

It seems Terry Jones was given a very strong incentive. to cancel.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Security is being increased in Gainesville, Fla., because of a church's plan to burn the Quran on Saturday. And city officials say they'll be sending a bill to the church.

The plan by the Dove World Outreach Center to burn copies of the Muslim holy book on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks has drawn international condemnation. Officials fear it could spark anti-American and anti-Christian violence.

President Barack Obama, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and Gainesville Mayor Craig Lowe are among those condemning the church's plans.

City spokesman Bob Woods says he expects the costs of extra security will be substantial, and the church will be billed.

Officials aren't saying how many extra officers will be on duty.

Gainesville police will already be dealing with some 90,000 football fans plus tailgaters for the Florida-South Florida game.

And at least one counter-protest is planned by a University of Florida student group.

SOURCE

 

[MartyrX]

That's probably the real reason he cancelled. I saw an interview he did with I think Anderson Cooper, and he couldn't say one thing out of the Our'an. The man will answer for this when he's in the afterlife.

 

[M.I.A.]

He does not have as much as one Qur'an. He has 200 copies of a Translation. I read some where that a few people are offering to donate up to 300 Real Qur'ans to be distributed to sincere searchers, for each Qur'an translation Terry Jones Burns. His little fiasco may turn into the largest mass distribution of Qur'ans to ever take place. It has made some of us realize how many sincere seekers do not have a Qur'an.

well he probably already built a mosque in a round about way so he might aswell build one with his own hands aswell.

 

[Woodrow]

well he probably already built a mosque in a round about way so he might aswell build one with his own hands aswell.

For a moment I thought you were being sarcastic. But, I see where you are coming from and I believe you are right. Ironically he has probably done more to promote Islam in the USA then those of us who are sincerely trying to do Da'wah.

It would be a fitting gesture if we could name an Islamic study center after him. (I'm being a touch sarcastic, I would never support the naming of an Islamic center after him)




But, his failed show has done much good for Islam here.

 

[cihad]

inshallah, this will just lead more people to become curious about the Quran, and read it and discover its beauty

 

[Grace Seeker]

For a moment I thought you were being sarcastic. But, I see where you are coming from and I believe you are right. Ironically he has probably done more to promote Islam in the USA then those of us who are sincerely trying to do Da'wah.

But, his failed show has done much good for Islam here.

You're right, his failed show did do much good for Islam. But I would ask you to consider the real source of that. Was it not the good found in the actions of all those in this country (a country that many Muslims outside of the USA think hates Islam) who stood in solidarity with Muslims and opposed to this man's proposed plans. There were some, of course, who supported Jones and some who opposed him out of fear of potential reprisal if he went ahead. But it seemed to me that the vast majority of Americans opposed Jones because they saw the Qu'ran burning as being in the wrong and disrespectful.

 

[sabr*]

Quran always guarded!

As-Salāmu `Alaykum (السلام عليكم):​

Surah Al Hijr 15:9​

9. Verily We: It is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the Qur'an) and surely, We will guard it (from corruption).
(Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan translation)​

 

[manaal]

^ Maybe, but that doesn't stop them from being too thick to understand that no one is trying to "construct" a "mosque" near Ground Zero.