International groups and the U.S. Military have unanimously counseled against the upcoming performance of burning the Koran on the grounds that it greatly inflames Muslims and thereby poses an increased safety risk to Americans. I agree and this is a more than sufficient reason to avoid burning the Koran.
Perhaps this would also be a good time to put to bed this nonsense about Islam being a religion of peace like Christianity. With the shoe on the other foot, with Bibles on fire in a circle of ululating and shouting Muslims, Christians would quietly stand by and pray for the book burners. But Muslims aren’t Christian and Islam has a ways to go to grow out of its barbarism.
If burning Korans would help them do that, one could say that increasing the risk to Americans abroad from Muslim violence would have a balancing argument, but there doesn’t appear to be anything constructive to be gained from this act. It’s as pointless as burning an American flag or an effigy of Uncle Sam, acts which bring great joy to Islamist fanatics, but just look pathetic to the majority of Americans.
Koran burning over here, American flag burning over there, both pitiful acts performed by and for backward people.