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Mauritania: One dead, cops use tear gas on mob screaming “Allahu akbar” and demanding death for men accused of desecrating Qur’an

Mar 4, 2014 9:23 am By Robert Spencer

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Once again we see a huge outpouring of Muslim anger over alleged desecration of the Qur’an — anger we have never, ever seen directed toward the jihad terrorists who have supposedly twisted and hijacked the Religion of Peace. We don’t even see quiet indignation: a march, a walk, a protest full of grim-faced righteous people demanding that the jihadis stop misunderstanding the Qur’an’s peaceful teachings. “Mauritania’s Nouackchott hit by protest over Koran,” from the BBC, March 3:

Hundreds of Muslims have protested in Mauritania’s capital, Nouakchott, after news spread that the Koran had allegedly been desecrated at a mosque.

An imam reported that four men with their faces covered by turbans entered the mosque, tearing copies of the Koran and throwing them into a toilet.

Police fired tear gas to disperse angry crowds, and one person was killed, a hospital source said.

Mauritania is a Muslim country with a tiny Christian population.

It has been a key ally of the West in the campaign against al-Qaeda and other militant groups operating in the region.

Journalist Hamdi Mohamed El Hacen in Nouakchott says protesters burnt barricades and many shops and markets remained closed on Monday.

‘Psychiatric evaluation’

Hundreds of protesters gathered in the city centre and outside various mosques, chanting “God is Great” and demanding that the men be arrested and given the death sentence for allegedly blaspheming Islam, he says.

A hospital source told Reuters news agency that one person was killed after apparently being hit by an exploding tear gas canister.

It is unclear who allegedly desecrated the Koran or what their motive was.

The imam, Mohamedoun Ould Mohamed Salem, said the men took four copies of the Koran, which they then shredded and threw into the mosque’s toilet.

Public anger has been compounded by two recent incidents of alleged blasphemy, Mr El Hacen says.

In February, a man was arrested and sent for psychiatric evaluation after urinating on a Koran in northern Mauritania.

A young Muslim is facing a possible death sentence after being convicted in January of apostasy and jailed for writing an article criticising the Prophet Mohammed.

But…but…Islamic apologists in the West insist that Islam has no death penalty for apostasy. How is it that the Mauritanian authorities misunderstand this?

An Islamist party, Tawassoul, became the main opposition party in Mauritania in December after polling the second highest number of votes in legislative elections.

The main opposition party? There goes that Tiny Minority of Extremists again.

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  1. Salah says

    Mar 4, 2014 at 10:41 am

    OT

    Egypt bans Hamas activities in country, judge says

    An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned all activities of Hamas in Egypt, a judge said, in another sign that security forces plan to squeeze the Palestinian militant group that runs the neighbouring Gaza Strip.

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/egypt-bans-hamas-activities-in-country-judge-says-1.2558881

    • Paddy says

      Mar 9, 2014 at 5:48 pm

      Fuck Islam, where there be bees there be honey, where there be Jews there be money, and money talks, and bullshit walks,

  2. Salah says

    Mar 4, 2014 at 10:45 am

    How to desecrate the filthy Qur’an, Egyptian style!!!
    http://crossmuslims.blogspot.ca/2014/01/egyptian-muslims-tear-up-quran.html

  3. eib says

    Mar 4, 2014 at 11:26 am

    Islam is profane.
    That isn’t blasphemy.
    That is Christian dogma and not open to argument.
    Yes, Islam is profane.

  4. mortimer says

    Mar 4, 2014 at 12:30 pm

    Ah, the more-Islamic-than-thou argument! I am a better Muslim than you, so I should subjugate you and possibly kill you and then enslave your apostate family.

    Anyone who disagrees with my supreme religiosity is ‘insane’…disagreeing with me (a Super-Muslim) means you are ‘Islamophobic’.

  5. mortimer says

    Mar 4, 2014 at 12:47 pm

    Argument of Islamists: “Since I am more-Islamic-than-thou, I have the duty to subjugate you or murder you, seize your property and enslave your family. You’re lucky if you let you live. It depends on what is good for Islamic supremacist theocracy.”

  6. Defcon 4 says

    Mar 4, 2014 at 2:30 pm

    Wow, “a key ally of the West” that also has legalized slavery. Just the kind of ally the civilized world needs.

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 6, 2014 at 11:53 am

      True, Defcon 4—the idea that any country that still *practices slavery* is an ally of the West is beyond grotesque.

  7. PRCS says

    Mar 4, 2014 at 2:44 pm

    Test.

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