Originally Posted by chachacha

i am not sure if this is correct information but a lady called in to rush today and said that it is muslim law that no one can write in the koran...the only way to purify the koran which has been written in is to burn it....therefore, the authorities were burning these books because (prisoners?) had written incendiary remarks in them and remarks which could be code for dangerous behaviours....if this is true, it should have been carefully explained rather than apologized for. i don't believe in showing disrespect for anyone's religion, even though they think nothing of burning our bible! does anyone know whether this is true in islam? i will ask Dr Warner when he speaks at the tea party on monday night...we need to know more about what we are dealing with and how to protect ourselves.