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--- AFGHAN RIOTS AFTER KORAN CLAIM 11.5.2005. 18:24:26 Special Broadcasting Service http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=111445®ion=6 --- photo: Students of Nangarhar University chant anti-US slogans as they burn an effigy of US President George W Bush in Jalalabad (pic: AAP) http://203.15.102.140/assetbin/afghanprotest713.jpg --- At least three people have been killed and nearly 50 were injured when police in Afghanistan clashed with people protesting over reports that US soldiers were desecrating Islam's holy Koran at Guantanamo Bay. Witnesses reported seeing police open fire as a crowd of mainly students rampaged through the eastern city of Jalalabad. There are mixed reports on the size of the crowd, which was estimated at somewhere between several hundred and several thousand. Western security sources said the crowd set fire to the offices of a number of aid agencies, including the United Nations Childrens Fund UNICEF. "We have registered 48 injured and one person has died in the hospital, said Laiq Ahmed, chief doctor at the public health hospital in the eastern city of Jalalabad, adding the person died from bullet wounds. "Another ambulance has just arrived at the scene," he said. A local police source told AFP the crowd of up to 10,000 people took to the streets to protest a report in Newsweek magazine that claimed interrogators keep copies of the Koran in toilets at the Guantanamo Bay facility to annoy prisoners. The report said US personnel had flushed a copy of the holy book down the toilet. The US State Department said it is looking into the report. Jalalabad police chief Abdul Rehman told AFP that police fired into the air to control the mob. "Initially the demonstrators were peaceful but then a group joined them and the mob turned violent, attacking buildings and setting them on fire," he said. A western security source based in the city said one of the offices set alight was that of ACBAR, the main coordinator of international NGOs in Afghanistan. An international aid worker in Jalalabad told the BBC he saw groups of people running along the streets apparently looking for foreigners and anyone working for an NGO. All UN and other foreign aid workers have been told to move to safe areas. US troops have reportedly been deployed on the streets to maintain order. More than 500 detainees are still held at the US naval base and detention centre in Guantanamo Bay after being arrested following the September 11 attacks. http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=111445®ion=6 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WwRTUD/SOnJAA/i1hLAA/TXWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamcity/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
