{"id":3301,"date":"2014-01-09T06:09:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T06:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3301"},"modified":"2014-01-09T06:09:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T06:09:01","slug":"natos-quran-desecration-enrages-afghans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/01\/09\/3301\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO\u2019s Qur\u2019an Desecration Enrages Afghans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news3\/nATOs-Quran-Desecration-Enrages-Afghans.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>Hundreds of angry Afghan Muslims have taken to the streets to protest the NATO-led forces move to storm a mosque and desecrate copies of the Noble Qur\u2019an in Saidabad district in Afghanistan\u2019s central Wardak Province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe foreign forces first raided a house in Serak area of Shanez Dara and later stormed a nearby mosque, desecrating copies of holy Quran,\u201d a protester told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) on Tuesday, January 7.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Troubles started on Monday night, according to Afghan protesters, when members of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) raided a mosque in southwestern Afghanistan and desecrated copies of the Noble Qur`an.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Angered by the move, residents poured into the streets on Tuesday, January 7, to decry the heinous act, demanding withdrawal of the foreign forces from the war-torn Afghanistan.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chanting anti-US slogans, protesters have set fire to the American flag and posters of the US President Barack Obama.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Moreover, outraged residents blocked the Kabul-Kandahar highway which passes through Wardak Province, requesting the trial of the assailants.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Official information about the Qur&#8217;an and mosque&#8217;s desecration hasn&#8217;t been confirmed so far.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yet, the spokesman for Wardak governor, Attullah Khugyani, has confirmed the mass protests across the province.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Afghanistan was invaded by the United States following the 9\/11 attacks to topple the ruling Taliban regime which was accused of violating women rights.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thirteen years on, Afghan officials and right activists say that the West&#8217;s strategy has proved failure in putting the country on the &#8220;path of progress&#8221; as promised.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Amid turmoil, the Afghani government is facing a fierce opposition over signing the security deal which will secure the existence of US in Afghanistan, after the white house&#8217;s promises of withdrawal by 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Taliban<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The claimed desecration of the Muslims\u2019 holy book was also vehemently decried by Taliban Afghanistan.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe Islamic Emirate strongly condemn the handiwork of the infidels and their puppets,&#8221; Taliban spokesman Zahiullah Mujahid said in a statement cited by AIP.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;And warn them that such acts would never terrify and stop the Muslim nation in general and the Islamic Emirate\u2019s mujahideen in particular from the defense of their faith and country.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Qur\u2019an desecration has been an incendiary issue in Afghanistan over the past years.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In January 2012, eight Afghan demonstrators were killed and 13 others injured in protests after foreign troops reportedly desecrated the Qur\u2019an during a raid.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In April 2011, similar protests turned violent in Afghanistan in April after a US pastor burned the Noble Qura\u2019n in Florida.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eleven people were killed when demonstrators stormed a UN compound in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, including seven foreign UN workers.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another riot in the southern city of Kandahar left nine dead and more than 80 wounded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span> <em><strong>OnIslam<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of angry Afghan Muslims have taken to the streets to protest the NATO-led forces move to storm a 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