الولايات المتحدة: أكاديمي إسلامي يؤكد ضرورة احترام غير المسلمين للقرآن الكريم

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أكد "ريتشارد فرانكفلي" - الأكاديمي بـ"جامعة ويلميت" الأمريكية - أنه ينبغي على غير المسلمين إظهار الاحترام للقرآن الكريم، مُندِّدًا بتكرار وقائع انتهاك قدسية المصاحف بـ"الولايات المتحدة".

وقد أشار إلى واقعة حرق المصحف في مارس 2011، التي قام بها قس متطرف، والواقعة الأخيرة التي قام بها خمس جنود في قاعدة "باغرام" العسكرية، التي أثارت غضب المسلمين حول العالم، ناصحًا غير المسلمين باحترام المصاحف، مُبَيِّنًا كيف يقوم المسلمون باحترام النسخ المتهالكة من المصاحف حفاظًا على قدسية كلمات القرآن الكريم. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Non-Muslims still must show respect for the holy book

About a year and a half ago, on Sept. 9, 2010, to be exact, U.S. military officials pleaded with Florida minister Terry Jones not to make good on his threat to burn the Quran on the ninth anniversary of 9/11.

Even then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned Jones that burning the Muslims' Holy Book would put our troops in both Afghanistan and Iraq at risk.

Jones had gotten everyone's attention, including that of President Barack Obama, who told Jones and the press that burning the Quran would be "a recruitment tool for al-Qaida." Jones seemed to relent, but found the prospect of defiling something sacred to Muslims irresistible. When Jones burned a Quran in March 2011, riots in numerous places, including Pakistan, claimed many lives.

Fast forward to February 2012, when a number of Muslim documents, including Qurans, were unintentionally burned at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Once again, an American Secretary of Defense — this time Leon Panetta — had to address the burning of the Muslim Holy Book, as did Obama. However, this time there was far less of an excuse because our military, rather than a civilian, had mistakenly lit the match.

Once again, riots broke out and anti-American sentiment flared, this time in Afghanistan — the very place where we tread lightly in hopes of bringing the local population to our side. Once again, for some people one time too many, the U.S. found itself apologizing profusely for a transgression against Muslims.

For the record, the Quran is not simply a book but a sacred object to about 1.2 billion people who regard it as the word of God handed down through their Prophet Muhammad — much as the Ten Commandments were handed down through Moses. Muslims treat their Holy Book with absolute respect, and even when a Quran is worn out or damaged it must be disposed of properly: never shredded, recycled or thrown into the trash.

The preferred method is wrapping the damaged or worn-out Quran in a clean cloth, often linen, and either storing it indefinitely or burying it where no feet will tread. One devout Muslim even created a cemetery of sorts where Qurans are buried. Another method of disposal mentioned in some Muslim sources is to submerge the damaged or worn Quran in a stream, wherein the words will ultimately be removed naturally and the pages turned blank.

Qurans are rarely burned, and only after the names of Allah and the Prophet are erased, likely because Muslims believe in a Hell in which fire torments and consumes all who have strayed from, or ignore, the word of God.

When in doubt, the wisest thing for sensitive people to do is bring the damaged or worn-out Quran to a Muslim for proper disposal. By showing respect for this book, one can also show respect for the people who believe in it.