Remember Newsweek's spurious "Koran in the toilet" story, and the outrage and murder it touched off? There is almost certainly going to be no similar outcry from Muslims about this story -- which provides yet more evidence of the fact that that outrage was trumped up in the first place, politically motivated, and designed to try to intimidate the West into making various concessions. This incident has no such potential value, and thus will drop into the memory hole with no jihadists noting or remembering it.
"Indonesian Smugglers 'Hid Heroin In Koran,'" from SkyNews, August 20 (thanks to Paul):
A man and his mother-in-law have been arrested for attempting to smuggle thousands of pounds worth of heroin concealed within a copy of the Koran.Heroin bags were found hidden in the pages of the Koran
Custom officials at Jakarta's international airport seized the book, the religious text of Islam, as it arrived by DHL express mail delivery from Cambodia on Tuesday.
Their suspicions were raised when a routine X-ray of the parcel exposed a series of holes in the book.
A closer inspection revealed 60 grams of heroin secreted in four small plastic bags near its front and back covers.
Police valued the hoard at 600 million rupiah, or £35,000....
Maman Sulaeman, head of customs at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, said an Indonesian man was arrested soon after the discovery.
"He claimed that he was just a courier and that he did not know the contents of the package," Mr Sulaeman said....
For our American friends, "thousands of pounds" refers to a monetary amount, not the actual weight.
This is actually a wonderful development, as all 'rans can now be searched, touched by Infidels, etc. based on this case. I'd definitely say this calls for drug-sniffing dogs, black being the preferred color. Dog named Jinn would be ideal.
Wonder if the day will ever come where Customs Officials in Infidelic countries can confiscate and destroy the 'ran, as is the standard practice in Saudi Arabia with non-Islamic holy books and religious goods such as bibles, rosaries, crosses, etc.
Star of David and Torah obviously not applicable here as Jews and people with an Israeli passport, even an Israeli stamp in a non-Israeli passport, are forbidden from visiting SA.
Non-Muslim politicians, diplomats, and VIPs are of course forbidden from going to Mecca or Medina, as the religious apartheid there only allows Muslims this right.
Obama Hussein should try to visit those places. If SA allows him, he's Muslim.
I always thought you had to be high to believe the stuff in the Qur'an. Nobody who can think clearly would fall for it.
How many times have Korans been used in the past to smuggle not only narcotics, but funds, detonators, C4, etc.?
Thank goodness Reid, the "shoe bomber" chose to secrete explosives in his shoes, and not in his cavity.
Imagine how unpleasant going through security could have been.
"Muslim smugglers hid heroin in Koran"
Karl Marx was right - also in the literal sense: "Religion is the opiate of the people" ;-)
"He [the smuggler] claimed that he was just a courier and that he did not know the contents of the package," Mr Sulaeman said....
The same could be said of most Moslems about the whole Koran -- i.e. one without holes in it.
Or one might observe that the Koran is full of holes, even without extra ones bored out to hold heroin.
Or that the standard-issue Koran -- "holy" but not holed -- contains material a lot more dangerous than heroin.
Ipso
think about it.
Where is the artist who will produce the following avant garde 'art' installation?
To wit: three Qurans on stands, opened to display the 'extras' secreted inside.
Quran open with packages of heroin or, perhaps, crack cocaine, in the hollowed-out pages.
Quran open, hollowed out with knife nested inside (I seem to recall a news report about a Muslim actually trying *that* some years ago).
Quran open, with Semtex placed in the hollowed-out bit: not a Turban-bomb, but a Quran -bomb.
For those who live in Sydney, I read this item in the 'MX' newspaper on the train this evening and couldn't help but laugh. It's unbelievable.
All Korans entering Western countries should be searched thoroughly now. The ironic thing is that there's enough material in the Koran (without inserting drugs) that they should be banned anyway.
Muslims time and again keep giving their religion a bad rap and they then have the temerity to blame non-Muslims for criticising their appalling behaviour.
Self-evaluation has never been big in Islam. It shows. Yeah, there was that 'ijtihad' notion but that stopped centuries ago. What's happened since has been a horror to Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
How big WAS this Koran? "Thousands of pounds in a copy of the Koran"?
Wow, with desecration like that, the riots will be so big as to bring down governments. Waiting...... better not hold my breath.
camnc4me
I think there were thousands of pounds worth in the Koran. The article says 60 grams of heroin. Thus, even a standard size Koran could fit this much if packed properly.
From article: A closer inspection revealed 60 grams of heroin secreted in four small plastic bags near its front and back covers.
That's the 'Alpha and Omega' of Islam...bags of heroin between its covers...the opiate of billions...No riots are called for...just opium dreams...'Opium Akbar'...
These smugglers must have been modern, moderate Muslims, so it's ok.
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Many qurans had thousands of pounds.
dumbledoresarmy,
"think about it.
Where is the artist who will produce the following avant garde 'art' installation?
To wit: three Qurans on stands, opened to display the 'extras' secreted inside. ..."
I can´t think of any installation artist with the guts to demonstrate that the Qu´ran is full of poison, shit, lies, raped children, murder and eternal hatred.
Dumbledore's Army wrote:
Quran open, hollowed out with knife nested inside (I seem to recall a news report about a Muslim actually trying *that* some years ago).
...............
Well, very close--the book in question was actually a tome called--appropriately enough, "Fear Itself"--but the good fellow was *carrying* a Qur'an.
Hmmm--boxcutters on a plane carried by devout Muslims--sounds familiar, somehow. That story was from last year--here, courtesy of Michelle Malkin:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/20/found-box-cutter-hidden-in-book/comment-page-1/
I'm sure the rioting will just be terrible.
Listen...you can hear the crickets in all the Muslim lands.
I would say that the smuggler actually elevated the quran to new heights by packing it with a foul, life destroying drug.
I can't imagine a more perfect metaphor than a quran full of heroin.
The outcry would be deafening if a non-Muslim used the Koran to smuggle drugs. Personally, I would be amused but those who wantonly destroyed or desecrated ancient Bibles and religious texts in the name of Islam would be deeply offended.
Has anyone ever seen the fake books that are sold as safes, for you to safeguard your valuables? What if one of those hollowed out books had "koran" on the cover?
"...which provides yet more evidence of the fact that that outrage was trumped up in the first place, politically motivated, and designed to try to intimidate the West into making various concessions." -- Robert Spencer
I wouldn't say the former incidents of outrage have been "trumped up" -- the outrage was genuine, reflecting the dangerous fanaticism that is mainstream among Muslims. What is different is that when Muslims do it, it has to remain "in the Family" (as in Mafia Family): Muslims have a strong aversion (rooted in the Koran and Sunna) to airing their internal problems before Infidels. And knowing now that cameras and news are everywhere, they do not want to call attention to a problem "in the Family". This aversion, with its consequent effect of seeming to dampen the flame of mass behavior, should not be confused with a lack of outrage and therefore of a lack of fanaticism.
Here's a company, Secret Storage Books, that creates storage boxes from real books that they have hollowed out. They have a Bible--and a Kama Sutra--but, not surprisingly, no Qur'an.
http://secure.ultracart.com/catalog/bbco/classics/index.html
This story is a pretty good metaphor for their whole culture and its invasion tactics.
Good idea if travelling to a non-Muslim country. Raise a stink about the handling of the Koran by non-Muslim and get a way with it. Of course, some of the TSA screeners…..
This is your brain...this is your brain using a koran.
Just one of the reasons Muslims don't want you touching their stash...errrrr Qur'an...
Stoner, stoned on Islam! ...what a dramatic irony.
Every Koran has holes in its.
Logical and moral and exegetical gaps that make it the spiritual swiss cheese of religious tomes.
Heroin in a Koran is redundant.
I use my hollowed-out Koran to smuggle pork chops.
Heroin in the Qur'an? ...I think there must be some mistake. There are no heroines mentioned in the Qur'an, especially since it's such a mysoginistic-flop-fiction.
....massageUnistic..."misogynist"....whatever :-)
Shit and junk found in a koran? Never.
The only things that are not hidden in the Quran are hatred for women and infidels, ancient fairy tales, distorted Biblical stories, descriptions of their carnal heaven and sadistic hell and Muhammad's flattering self-praises. Two things you can't find there are true spirituality and love.
It will soon be published in the MSM that the holes in the said Quran were there when the smugglers rescued the book from a fanatical US marine who was, in fact, the one who desecrated the tome in the first place. Consequently, the smugglers out of genuine feelings of redemptive sanctity, filled the offending holes with a holy substance which had sustained themselves and their family during prolonged periods of hardship and suffering occasioned by western exploitation. Indeed, they ought to be honored since they have utilized the hero in heroin!
Has anyone asked Allah if it is O.K to x-ray the Qur'an ? ...... Can I start rioting now ?
Still waiting for the outrage from the ummah!