2 March 2012 KABUL — Afghanistan’s top religious council on Friday demanded that those responsible for the burning of copies of Holy Quran at a US military base should be put on public trial, a statement from the president’s office said.
The Ulema Council “insists that such a devilish act is not forgiveable by apologies, and that the perpetrators of this crime should soon be publicly tried and punished”, the statement said.
“The council strongly condemns the heinous, inhumane, barbaric act of disrespecting the Holy Koran and other religious books by American forces in Bagram base.”
The council is funded by the government and issued the statement after a meeting with President Hamid Karzai.
The council reiterated the president’s calls for the handover of the US-run prison at Bagram to Afghan control and an end to night raids, saying “the foreigners have so far not positively responded to these righteous demands”.
The copies of the Holy Quran sent to an incinerator pit at the Bagram base north of Kabul had reportedly been seized from prisoners — in what is known as Afghanistan’s Guantanamo Bay — who were suspected of using them to pass messages.
The incident ignited days of violent anti-US protests in which some 40 people died and led to an apology by US President Barack Obama.
Bron: AFP
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