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*Photo: Indian Muslims ask a boy to urinate on a U.S. flag *Indian Muslims burn U.S. flag over Koran report --- (1) Indian Muslims ask a boy to urinate on a U.S. flag during a protest against the alleged desecration of the Koran during a demonstration in Calcutta May 20, 2005. Hundreds of Muslims staged a protest in reaction to a Newsweek magazine report, which was later retracted, of U.S. interrogators desecrating the Koran at the Guantanamo Bay prison. Red Cross and U.S. officials said on Thursday the International Committee of the Red Cross told the Pentagon as early as 2002 detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison had reported U.S. personnel mishandled the Koran. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050520/ids_photos_wl/r1506604621.jpg --- (2) Indian Muslims burn U.S. flag over Koran report Reuters 20 May 2005 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL205626.htm CALCUTTA, India, May 20 (Reuters) - Muslim protesters burned and ripped U.S. flags and a boy urinated on it in eastern India on Friday, saying Americans had desecrated the Koran. Newsweek magazine this week issued an apology and retraction of the report that the Muslim holy book had been desecrated by U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The report in the magazine's May 9 issue sparked protests across the Muslim world, from Afghanistan, where 16 people were killed and more than 100 injured, to Pakistan, India, Indonesia and Gaza. But anger over the report still simmers in parts of the Muslim world where some are sceptical about the retraction. "America may be the superpower of the world but they have no right to insult our Koran," Imam Syed Mohammed Noor Barkati told about 300 people outside a mosque in central Calcutta. The cleric asked protesters to tear two U.S. flags, stamp on them, and told a young boy to urinate on the flags before burning the pieces. They also tried to set fire to an effigy of President George W. Bush. "They insulted our Koran, so this is how we insult America in public," said Barkati. Dozens of police watched the angry crowd but did not intervene. The White House this week called on Newsweek to help repair damage to the U.S. image in the Muslim world caused by its report by explaining what happened and how the magazine got the article wrong. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL205626.htm ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? It is easier than you think. Click Here to meet a Child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/sTR6_D/I_qJAA/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/
