Re: Muslims will not burn the Bible: RIGHT OF REPLY

a.     Do you believe that Islam is a religion of peace? b.     Was Islam spread through peaceful means? c. Can you recall what the Turks, who are 99% Muslims, did to Armenia people, largely Christians, during WWI? d. What about the Coptic Christians in Egypt in the advent of Islam? Pastor Jones’ conduct is certainly […]

a.     Do you believe that Islam is a religion of peace?

b.     Was Islam spread through peaceful means?

c. Can you recall what the Turks, who are 99% Muslims, did to Armenia people, largely Christians, during WWI?

d. What about the Coptic Christians in Egypt in the advent of Islam? Pastor Jones’ conduct is certainly not Christian and is merely an expression of his personality. You say Muslims will not burn the Bible? But do you know how many churches and properties of Christians they have burnt in Nigeria? Think about it.

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You are right Deen, Pastor Jones acted wrongly and its unchristian. Unfortunately, more Muslim clerics are anti-christian, most especially as it is decreed in the Qur’an.

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Muslims won’t burn the Bible for the simple reason that the Koran derives from the Bible but they would readily burn Christians, you need to speak more truths.

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Garba, thanks for your comment concerning the issue of that so-called Pastor Terry. May God increase your knowledge. Amin.

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Muslims won’t burn the Bible-With due respect, sir, I take exception to your article. Your sense of history is skewed. You should have known that in Aceh, Indonesia, Bible burning was a pastime of Muslims. Same has happened in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria. Pastor Jones’ 50  members is inconsequential. Fifty people who truly know God’s word are better that a million who jump the bandwagon of hypocrisy-Pastor Jones is a hero to me because no group has the monopoly of violence and it’s an issue we have to discuss.

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Your vitriolic attack on Pastor Terry Jones is understandable. After all, he set himself up and got it coming, globally, yet, one wonders why you are not known to unleash similar vituperations on Muslim Imam and clerics who create the likes of Osama, Mutallab and Boko Harams of this world,  whose convert prefer immolation of fellow Nigerian Christians, more often than not to burning a few harmless Bibles. God is abundantly capable of fighting those who burn his true Book. All these emotive outbursts by showy adherents of these faiths is sheer hypocrisy

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Garba, Muslims will not burn the Bible because it is small punishment for “infided Christians” who open with axe and cut pastors’ children to pieces in Jos, Sokoto, Maiduguri and Sudan. America is too far; check your backyard

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Hello, your today’s write-up is excellent.

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Just read your article and you know that Muslims will do their worst. The many churches burnt in Borno, Jigawa, Yobe, do you know how many Bibles were burnt? If you have traveled wide, you will not talk of the Qur’an and the Bible in Indonesia and Pakistan. Man, be objective in your reporting

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Thanks for your today’s bark-byte.

Suleman in Katsina

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A well thought-out and articulated piece, Malam G.D. Muhammad. Keep it up and Barka da Sallah. Allah’s blessings to you and your family at all times.

Engr. Abdullahi A. Adamu,

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Burning the Qur’an is not rational. Burning of American flags is not relevant since the American president condemned the action of Jones. In fact, no American spoke in favour of Jones. Building a mosque near ground zero is not rational.

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Sir, I have been reading your articles for some time now and I want you to know that no true Christian will burn the Qur’an or any other book for that matter. But it is a big LIE that Muslims will not burn the Holy Bible. The people who kill hundreds of Christians and burn churches in the North surely burnt countless copies of the Holy Bible. But, Sir, why is it that despite score of religions in the world, it is only Islam that is associated with bloodshed? Think deep on this

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Malam Garba, my namesake, I think you should worry more about Islam spreading violence and death all over the world than harmless preacher Pastor Terry Jones. Here are Islam’s strike record on spreading violence and death: Jos, Bauchi, Yola, Maiduguri, Kano, Kaduna, Ibadan, Wukari, US, UK, Russia, India, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, Sandia, Kuwaitu, Turkey, Egypt, Somalia Kenya, Uganda. Do you need more?

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Why are you so biased when it has anything to do with Christians? In as much as Pastor Jones’ action is condemnable but, forget that the late M. K. O. Abiola once emptied a shop load of the Holy Bible into the sea. What is your reaction to that incident?

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Garba, your write-up on “Muslims will not Burn the Bible” makes a lot of sense to me in this era. All should be preaching religious tolerance. Pastor Jones must be one of those fake pastors who fill everywhere now, including Nigeria. I am a Christian and I make bold to tell you that even Jesus Christ will not contemplate burning the Qur’an. Is the fight against the Holy Qur’am? As a Christian, I have been opportuned even to read the Qur’an and the content is all about peace and holiness. The fight should be against the common enemy to both Christians and Moslems, the terrorist. After all, the dead on 9/11 included Muslims. So, let no FAKE Pastor Jones cause more problems to our world.

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If he had gone ahead with it, I believe Allah would have set a primary example with him there and then. By my own reckoning, Pastor Jones is either a lunatic or a frustrated old man trying to make a name for himself.

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Deen, I thank God for you; bold, learned in both Islamic and general knowledge. pragmatic and able to convey your thoughts coherently. May Allah keep your feet firmly balanced.

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Sir, your write-up on “Muslims will not burn the Bible” is brilliant. This is now my question for you: Are you referring to Iranian, Saudi, Bahrainian or Nigerian Muslims?

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I have just read your column on page 26. A nice piece I must say. Nigeria and Nigerians have enough of our share of problems and one would have thought you should have time for those than dragging us into the Pastor Jones Saga when you know you have a slant to the story.

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My dear brother,

I must congratulate you on your last Sunday’s article on “Muslims will not burn the Bible”. The whole article was particularly inspiring, considering that you are a Muslim and a committed one, I should think.

Thank you,

Pastor Yohanna Yusuph Garba. [email protected]