The article I was able to find was about troops over in Afghanistan who inadvertently burned more than one Quran. President Barrack Obama apologized to the Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the troops acts of disrespect. After the burning of the Qurans there were many deaths of troops but local officials can not determine if the killings were out of revenge or if the killings just happened to happen right after the burnings. There were also burnings of civilian vehicles but again they could not determine if it was due to the burnings of the Qurans. The Taliban Thursday, which is a newspaper I am guessing, rejected the apologies. “So-called show(s) of apologies, but in reality they let their inhuman soldiers insult our holy book” is what they had to say about the burnings. I think the troops did these burnings on purpose. I believe this because if you are going to be in a foreign country for a long period of time I think you would do some research on the country and the certain religions that are in that country. I also think the troops should be educated on certain countries and religions they will be serving in so situations like this do not continue to happen. The article says they are still uncertain if these burnings of the Quran were intentional or if the troops did this to make many Muslims angry. Whichever one it is, this is still a careless act and considered “a crime committed against the holiest book of two billion Muslims around the world.” I would agree with this statement because if you are not sure what type of book you are burning and you are in a foreign country, I do not think a person should just go and burn it because they want to get rid of it.
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