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Kentucky: Firefighter placed on leave, retires after video surfaces of him burning Qur’an

Aug 14, 2016 1:01 pm By Robert Spencer

“City officials said they placed the firefighter depicted in the video on administrative leave. But officials say the firefighter, who has not been identified, retired before they could take other disciplinary action.”

Disciplinary action? Why? Is Bowling Green, Kentucky under the Sharia? Is burning the Qur’an illegal in Bowling Green, Kentucky?

I’m not in favor of burning books. I’d rather that non-Muslims read the Qur’an and know what is in it than burn it. But burning the Qur’an is not illegal in the United States. There is no grounds for disciplinary action against this firefighter.

“The incident was part of a lawsuit filed this week by former firefighter Jeffrey Queen, who says he faced a hostile work environment.”

How was the burned Qur’an part of the hostile work environment Jeffrey Queen says he faced? Did the burned Qur’an belong to him? Did he think it improper for a firefighter to be lighting fires? Did the Qur’an-burning firefighter somehow abuse or threaten Queen? Or did Queen think it abominable to have to fight fires along with someone who disapproved of the Qur’an?

“Bowling Green officials say the allegations in no way represent the city’s values.”

So freedom of expression is not among the values of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Noted.

burnt quran

“City: Western KY firefighter retired after video of burning Quran surfaced,” Associated Press, August 13, 2016:

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) – Bowling Green officials say a firefighter has retired after a video surfaced showing him burning a copy of the Quran.

The Daily News of Bowling Green reports the incident surfaced as part of a lawsuit filed this week by a former city firefighter. In a statement to the newspaper, city officials acknowledged receiving a complaint and a video of the incident in April.

City officials said they placed the firefighter depicted in the video on administrative leave. But officials say the firefighter, who has not been identified, retired before they could take other disciplinary action.

The incident was part of a lawsuit filed this week by former firefighter Jeffrey Queen, who says he faced a hostile work environment. Bowling Green officials say the allegations in no way represent the city’s values.

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  1. jihad3tracker says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 1:07 pm

    If a Muslim city employee in Bowling Green burned a Bible in identical circumstances, do you think his or her boss would proceed along the same path of action and remarks, including talk of “disciplinary action”?

    • Mark Swan says

      Aug 14, 2016 at 1:37 pm

      No I Do Not Think Any Action Would Have Been Taken—We see this incredible preposterous
      reaction because of Islam, and the fear of Muslims throwing violent fits, when ever they feel the
      need.

    • Infidel lives matter says

      Aug 14, 2016 at 4:03 pm

      No, he probably would have been promoted like Nidal Malik Hasan.

    • Bindon Blood says

      Aug 15, 2016 at 5:06 am

      In truth the burning of any book ,whether Koran,Bible,or War And Peace is no body’s business whatsoever. If done in public it might attract a charge of disorderly conduct but not because it is a Koran but because it is possibly alarming to people to have fires started in the street. This would be the same if it was the Koran or a wad of old bank statements. If someone showed himself burning a Koran or whatever on line then if it offends certain people ,too bad. They do not have to watch; again it is none of their business. If the head of a private on line company decides he does not want such content displayed on his site that’s his affair and people joining the site are made aware of it.
      To suggest that this man has done something unconnected with his work that is somehow wrong because it is a Koran is obviously blasphemy law (Islamic) in all but recognition. This is a retrograde civilisational step. I am a Christian and I do not support blasphemy against Christianity. Islam should be told to butt out of people’s lives . The West is not concerned with the burning of a book,neither should it be. After all there are millions of Korans in The world,they are not exactly rare or sacred in Western culture.

  2. Michael Laudahn says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 1:09 pm

    They can be contacted via

    http://www.bgky.org/contact-us ,

    then ‘select a topic’ which probably is ‘fire department general contact’.

    Better if you do it than an outsider like me.

    • jihad3tracker says

      Aug 14, 2016 at 1:40 pm

      Hello Michael — I read the backstory about conduct that allegedly took place among the guy who is suing, what his boss did or did not do in reaction to a “hostile” workplace situation, and how this Qur’an-burning firefighter fits into that complicated mess.

      Let me suggest that readers here, before deciding to send a comment to the fire department, ALSO understand what led up to this — by following the AP hotlink and then proceeding to the Bowling Green online newspaper article.

      Firefighters are, in my humble opinion, overwhelmingly decent people whose job is to protect others — just like law enforcement officers, and both categories deserve some consideration before we wade into this — because of us not actually being there.

      • PRCS says

        Aug 14, 2016 at 3:19 pm

        Before I read the article, I’m going to surmise that he violated some federal, state or local law/ordinance relating to community relations, hate crimes, professionalism, etc.

        One either accepts that freedom of speech limitation in order to obtain employment, or does not.

        Military personnel may attend political rally’s, but not in uniform.

        That said, now that he’s retired from that government agency, I wholeheartedly encourage him to burn as many copies of that work of fiction as he has the desire to.

        After all, there are millions of copies in existence and he’s no longer prohibited by his employer’s rules from doing so.

        • Greyhound Fancier says

          Aug 14, 2016 at 4:55 pm

          Plus, if the fire gets out of control, he’ll know what to do so no one gets hurt!

        • PRCS says

          Aug 14, 2016 at 5:35 pm

          That, too, GF!

        • Bindon Blood says

          Aug 15, 2016 at 6:59 am

          I would be very surprised if a blasphemy offence or burning of religious books is in thedisciplinary code of the fire brigade. It might come under bringing the organisation Into disrepute but that would be challenge able in a tribunal. Society has taken a very wrong turn.

        • JoeThePimpernel says

          Aug 18, 2016 at 3:24 pm

          We are all public accommodations now and therefore must obey our feral government overlords.

      • Carolyne says

        Aug 15, 2016 at 7:00 pm

        I actually emailed the Mayor of Bowling Green to ask about this incident and he courteously anwered my questions. As I understand his response, the firefighter burned the Koran on Fire Dept. property during the time he was on duty there. In reply to my asking if Bowling Green had replaced the First Amendment with Sharia Law, he said no. He also said no to my asking him if Bowling Green had become a dependency of Saudi Arabia.

    • Resist says

      Aug 14, 2016 at 2:36 pm

      Thanks just sent an email to these traitors

  3. Gerald Mucci says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 1:11 pm

    I am unemployable by any government agency in the US because of what I have written and posted. Thank God I’m 70.

    The first amendment in the US is absolutely shredded.

  4. Michael Copeland says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 1:18 pm

    Publicly burning a US flag is freedom of speech, protected.
    It is the controversial act that needs the protection, not the approved act.
    As Gerald Mucci says, above, the first Amendment is shredded.

  5. Jay Boo says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 1:22 pm

    Lookout
    Hillary and her supporters are going to be so pissed off.
    Poor Huma.

    Hillary supporters
    Burning The American flag

    • Allan says

      Aug 14, 2016 at 1:30 pm

      If Trump wins, the leftists, Muhammadists, and Africans will be marching “peacefully” in the streets the very next day after having rioted overnight, burnt down hundreds of buildings, attacked thousands of Caucasians, and murdered a few dozen, too.

      • Jay Boo says

        Aug 14, 2016 at 2:54 pm

        Hillary bloodbath
        If Hillary wins she will bump her head whenever she is caught in a lie to avoid the press.

        Then, she will instigate rioting, racial divisions with her race-baiting schemes to cover-up and distract from her many foreign policy disasters.

    • wtf says

      Aug 14, 2016 at 2:27 pm

      How can Americans let these morons burn their flag? Does anybody have cojones nowadays…? Pondering

  6. Raja says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 1:37 pm

    Introduction of MC in the West was perverted in the first place. Now they are bending over to bless it. Whoever proposed MC must have been the biggest idiot on earth.

    Philistines, a tribe marked for extermination were spared and they caused lot of trouble and pain to those who spared their lives.

    Today I wonder how many of the ethnic groups that were marked for extermination have found their way to the West, OZ etc?

  7. Charli Main says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 1:40 pm

    Burning Korans is a waste of paper. There are better uses for them, like picking up dog poo in your local park.

  8. citycat says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 1:45 pm

    Maybe he was trying to destroy the evil in the Qur’an.
    It’s already in the minds of many Muslims.
    Burning a Qur’an will not sort the evil implanted in the minds of Muslims.
    Muslims have to understand that they are attempting to understand existance. A book alone is not enough.
    It seems that narcissists, over the time span of humanity, have hijacked the propensity of humans to know their own power.
    The propensity remains.
    The hijackers are dead.
    The negativity continues via the minds of Muslims.
    Burning a Qur’an has its good side, ie drawing attention to its influence on Humanity, which influence is not only from the Qur’an but from those ignorami or perhaps traitors in positions of power allowing the forthing of the influence of the Qur’an.

  9. Joe Dokes says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 1:54 pm

    I think that a public employee who was found burning sacred Jewish objects or doing something similar would probably get in trouble. C’mon.

    • Richard says

      Aug 14, 2016 at 4:10 pm

      I think you are mistaken. C’mon.

  10. Hi Moe says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 2:03 pm

    It seems that there is a direct relationship between violence and reward in this day and age.

  11. wtf says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 2:24 pm

    As toilet paper it’s too rough but okeyish to light a fire. Worthless book of hatred. One day will come this horror book and its sect will be totally outlawed. Until then lots of innocents will be killed by the members of this sect for retards

  12. Champ says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 2:44 pm

    “Did he think it improper for a firefighter to be lighting fires?”

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    LOL!!!!! 😀

  13. Angemon says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 2:47 pm

    The incident was part of a lawsuit filed this week by former firefighter Jeffrey Queen

    Out of curiosity, would that be the name he still goes by?

    • Jay Boo says

      Aug 14, 2016 at 3:03 pm

      Angemon
      Do you imply that maybe Muslims are so pathetic as to shamelessly attempt to “help” poor Allah defend Allah’s dubious claim to “honor”?

      If Allah is so angry and powerful yet sensitive to mere human insults why does Allah not send down a couple of well-aimed lightning bolts.
      Muslims have no (real) answer to this.
      Harry Potter has more ZAP in his magic wand than Allah.

      • JAR says

        Aug 14, 2016 at 3:47 pm

        Jay Boo-
        I’m thinking Angemon was wondering what Jeffrey Queen’s Muslim name is.

  14. Georg says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 3:55 pm

    Burning the Koran is a healthy act of self-respect. Buy two, burn the first and read the second; then burn it. Have a digital copy. But don’t burn that one.

  15. Richard says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 4:17 pm

    Maybe he’s up against air quality standards. I remember some campers who got pretty bummed with my group for throwing cow chips on our fire.

    Maybe he burned the Koran on a No-Burn day.

    Maybe the Bowling Green FD has no balls.

  16. Robin Rosenblatt says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 5:58 pm

    Burn another: Islam is Evil. It is a culture of War, Hate, Violence and Slavery. It is also a culture of lies and ignorance. It has nothing to add and never has. It must be destroyed or it will destroy us.

  17. Idania says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 7:25 pm

    No, they are tired of offend Jesus in every way, shape and form. No one say a word, even thou it is offensive to me and Christians in general. Offending Islam is a “sin” punishable with retaliation. We are behaving like people living in an occupied country. We can not offend the occupiers regardless of our laws. Their feelings come first. I am so tired of the way we the people, are submitting to this barbaric, primitive, uncivilized, imposing, foreigners.

  18. PRCS says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 7:40 pm

    The Qur’an is a man made book. It is not Holy. It is printed right hear on earth by mere mortals, not by some interstellar print shop.

    I believe I’ll buy a few cheap copies, burn one or two in the woodstove each month this coming winter, and post each wonderfully blasphemous event on YouTube.

    • Angry Aussie says

      Aug 16, 2016 at 12:33 am

      Don’t inhale that toxic smoke. Mask up and stay safe if you plan to burn a Qur’an or ten.

  19. David says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 10:32 pm

    The firefighter did not break any LAW!

  20. Dum Spiro says

    Aug 14, 2016 at 11:30 pm

    A Brief History of the Qu’ran
    The Original “Burn the Qu’ran Day
    Is today’s Qu’ran the Qu’ran that Muhammad intended his followers to have? Let’s take a look at the evidence!

    According to Islam’s most trusted sources, the Quran went through numerous changes. Entire chapters of the Qur’an were lost. Large passages were lost. Individual verses were lost. Phrases were lost. Muhammad’s top Quran reciters couldn’t even agree on which chapters should be included in the Quran!/i>


    If you have an hour and a quarter free, this is also interesting:

    Pesky history almost wants to make you examine your cherished presuppositions of Islam…
    — Spero

  21. Johan Elzinga says

    Aug 15, 2016 at 1:19 am

    Anyone should be free to burn any book in his time outside the office! There is, however, the sensitive issue of the fact that you may harm the organisation you represent when certain acts you are performing in your own time are publicized. Such as spreading sex video’s you are in when you are a school teacher. The fact is, however, that I value the individual freedom of anyone usually higher than the public image of an organisation, as long as your act is not intended to harm anyone.

  22. aaron morand says

    Aug 15, 2016 at 8:06 am

    ok….ok…all of the anti-muslims will rant and wail about our so called lost freedoms….about Trump
    being the cause of this and Hillary being the answer to “fixing things”, yeh, yeh….and you increase
    your already high blood pressure just thinking about this incident and all the other crap going on in
    our Nation…..BUT….NOTHING is happening to STOP this invasion…..Our Government WILL NOT
    protect us….WILL NOT!….Regardless that we shout it at the top of our voice, over and over…NO
    MORE MUSLIMS….our voice just falls on deaf ears….WTP do not count in the eyes of our…get that
    O U R government…..if there were not so many of us and if the conventions did not bring in so much
    money for the DNC/GOPC then there most likely be NO process in “electing” the next President…the
    one in office would probably continue until death and then the industrial/government complex (the one
    General/Pres. Eisenhower warned us to be cautious of), would appoint another “President”..The
    America of yesterday is in critically poor health and none are seen who will render her aid…ALL,
    especially those who are “minorities” (a 60*s born term), the majority of which simply WANT..WANT
    and then WANT more on the supposed story of reparations…..Every Nation has had slaves.and more
    slaves…and many of those slaves were WHITE/NATIVE AMERICAN/JEWS and on and on….there
    is NOTHING special about the blacks being slaves….they were there and their own and the muslims
    captured and sold them into slavery and then sat back and enjoyed the profits therefrom….slavery also
    was a way to rebalance power struggles and a “get even” method for old tribal grudges…..so DO NOT
    hand me the “poor black” man BS…the majority of their current problems comes from illegal drugs/gangs/gimme-isim/ and the Whites who say…”oh, the poor black man…he has been treated so
    badly…..lets give him what he wants”…..the Whites are soooo gullible and throw money around to
    ease their consciences….Even after the Japanese were rounded up and imprisoned during WW2,
    what did they do after they were released…..Got Back To Work and made the best of everything….
    Do you see Jackson or Rangell (?) crying to the Japanese or the American Indian about how badly
    they were treated and demanding money/reparations? No. Despite the fact that the Native Americans
    had multiple slaves from the 1700*s until emancipation….if they did then they would probably be told
    to put their big boy pants on and get busy…..but that sounds too much like WORK….BLM? Sure they
    do but not over other lives be they brown. white or any other color…..I truly think that it is time that WTP
    stop electing lawyers/big business leaders/or the wealthy to political office….especially lawyers…..
    I propose two additional political parties….call them what you will but I am S I C K of the traditional
    parties we have suffered under for sooo long….no Liberalists please…..a liberalist is like a person
    trying to stand on jello…..mush…….let*s elect a man or woman who has 2 or 3 children to raise in our
    Public Schools system….who has had to work 2 or even 3 jobs to just get by….who has driven the
    same car/truck for the past 12 or so years….who is perhaps an AA or AS degree holder……someone
    who KEEPS their PEOMISES….who will WORK for the good of ALL WTP…..who is more interested
    in this NATION than in their personal power and financial gain ……AND1….WHO WILL LISTEN TO
    WTP……so far I haven’t seen or heard of any of OUR ELECTED reps. LISTENING to WTP……..

  23. Rachel Cohen says

    Aug 15, 2016 at 12:03 pm

    Those who promote Sharia Law–are promoting Islamic terrorism. America should have a national burn the Satanic Qur’an day.

    • Rachel Cohen says

      Aug 15, 2016 at 12:04 pm

      To hell with Islam–and all its godless Satanic sycophantic followers.

  24. Champ says

    Aug 16, 2016 at 3:48 am

    I hope he roasted pork chops and fed them to a dog …

  25. David says

    Aug 16, 2016 at 10:01 am

    One of my neighbors, an Army combat veteran, keeps a well used Koran in his back lot “Outhouse”.
    And, if I could afford the cost, I would buy (and BURN!) a fresh copy every week!
    That book and it’s “faithful followers” is the absolute and final proff that Satan does exist! And is living inside the heart and soul of about a billion humans!

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