Actress Angelina Jolie has condemned the planned Quran burning event which may take place this Saturday. Proposed by Pastor Terry Jones of Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida to commemorate the 9/11 attacks on the United States. Jolie, who was in Pakistan visiting victims of the massive floods, finds this matter disgusting. As a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador, Jolie told Forbes magazine “I have hardly the words that somebody would do that to somebody’s religious book.”
Angelina Jolie is just the latest person of note to speak out publicly against the planned Quran burning event. Earlier this week, General David Petraeus also came out against the event, claiming that it may inflame Muslim extremists and put the lives of U.S. troops in peril. A number of large protests were staged in Kabul and other major Muslim cities. Some of the protests in Indonesia turned violent.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has also come out denouncing the decision of the Florida-based church to burn copies of the Quran. She has issued statements to all overseas diplomats to calm any worries or fears to foreigners that such behavior is approved by a majority Americans. That this is only a very small “fringe group”.
Pastor Terry Jones, head of the Dove World Outreach Center has already been warned by officials in Gainesville not to proceed with the Quran burning event. The fire chief has issued a formal warning that the burning of any items contain ink violates local ordinances. The betting line is that as soon as Pastor Jones tries to set one Quran a blaze, he will be promptly arrested.
Not only has Angelina Jolie spoken out against the planned Quran burning, but even Pastor Jone’s own daughter. Jolie made her remarks while visiting flood ravaged Pakistan where some 20 million people are displaced and suffering from six weeks of devastating monsoon rains. She is very concerned that relief efforts in Pakistan are woefully lacking.
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September 9th, 2010 at 4:55 am
How does she feel about adultery?
September 9th, 2010 at 5:05 am
Maggie–Great Minds Think Alike!!!
September 9th, 2010 at 5:17 am
The famous letter from a Rabbi, after Europe’s persecution of the Jews, found in Phillip Mansel’s book “Constantinople ”, reflect the reality of peace, justice, security and protection under Islamic Spain.
“Here in the land of the Turks we have nothing to complain of. We possess great fortunes; much gold and silver are in our hands. We are not oppressed with heavy taxes and our commerce is free and unhindered. Rich are the fruits of the earth. Everything is cheap and every one of us lives in peace and freedom…”[1]
Reinhart Dozy, an authority on early Islamic Spain, explained how the Muslims in power treated Christians in Islamic Spain (Andalus),
“…the unbounded tolerance of the Arabs must also be taken into account. In religious matters they put pressure on no man…Christians preferred their rule to that of the Franks.”[2]
Thomas Arnold, commenting on an Islamic source, states that,
“…the Christians called down blessings on the heads of the Muslims, saying, ‘May God give you rule over us again and make you victorious over the Romans; had it been they, they would not have given us back anything, but would have taken all that remained with us.’” [3]
Ulick R. Burke, a prominent historian specializing in the history of Spain, reached a similar conclusion,
“Christians did not suffer in any way, on account of their religion, at the hands of Moors…not only perfect toleration but nominal equality was the rule of the Arabs in Spain.’[4]
[1] Philip Mansel. 1995. Constantinople : City of the World’s desire, 1453-1924. Penguin Books, p. 15
[2] Reinhart Dozy, A History of Muslims in Spain , 1861 (reprinted 1913, 2002), Delhi , P.235.
[3] T. W. Arnold , Preaching of Islam, London , 1913, P. 61.
[4] Ulick R. Burke, A History of Spain , London , 1900, Vol I, P. 129.
Remember, many innocent Muslims working in the world trade centers also lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of 9/11. It was an act of terrorism, not an act of Islam.
September 9th, 2010 at 5:25 am
I wonder if Jolie is going to get worked up when the govt. of Saudi Arabia shreds the Bibles of people coming into the country.
I wonder if she’ll be offended that Christians are forbidden from building Christian churches ANYWHERE in Saudi Arabia….
I really wonder if it’s a good idea for us to give in to Muslims and treat their faith better than other faiths just because they tend to riot over these things….
September 9th, 2010 at 5:28 am
Who cares what she has to say. Shut up and go back to Hollywood with the rest of the liberal pukes.
September 9th, 2010 at 5:47 am
Oh Hail to all mighty JOLI for she has SPOKEN-LET IT BE DONE! R U kidding me? She does not even have a religion she nor does her so called partner believe any anything. Why is she in the news “everyday”? I mean really has anyone thought about that. How does she feel about the 9/11 attacks on us?Why are her thoughts so important?Why dont you ask other celbs since that all that matters is HOLLYWOOD fame.Islum people are all over are freaking town. They are all nice to your face such as the 9/11 guys were then BAM!She better go back to what she does best commiting adultry and breakig up several marriages. I think there are still a lot of married men better get busy its been a while.Islum HATES us! Wake up JOLI you dont know EVERYTHING.Let them take you hostage and see if your views change.For everyone else DONT FORGET ABOUT OUR 9/11 ATTACK FROM THEM. I don’t think a protest is anything compared to what they do and continue to do to us. Cutting our heads off, blowing themselves as well as us up.This protest is nothing he has every right and no I dont follow him but he has rights until Government takes that away as well.If something else goes wrong the government will have somebody to blame right? The preacher? That will be their escape route.Why Obama freaking out so much? Whats lies behind him?Does he not have bigger things to worry about like say “the ECONOMY”.
September 9th, 2010 at 5:49 am
Jolie only needs to look at her own mistakes–and that of the Hollywood left before she starts preaching about Terry Jones.
September 9th, 2010 at 5:52 am
Does anyone really care what Miss-Can’t-Keep-Her-Vagina-In-Her-Pants thinks?? Shut up and go away.
September 9th, 2010 at 6:05 am
Jolie is wanting to quit acting for like the 100th time and go into politics. She should fit right in crooked, lying and manipulaitive. Yes she is a shoe in.
September 9th, 2010 at 6:29 am
All Angie needs is a nice bowl of greasy chili, a moon pie, a bag of chips and a Coke. Put a little meat on her bones and she may be able to think a little clearer.
September 9th, 2010 at 6:45 am
@ Nissa – Your special type of ignorance is exactly why the world thinks Americans are idiots. Your intolerance is a threat to our security – you give the terrorists perfect fodder to recruit.
Saudi Arabia is a repressive government, not a religion. Bowing to their level of repression serves us how?
September 9th, 2010 at 8:27 am
I think this man (Rev.Terry Jones)is a joke! This man is leading people in hate and not by the love of Christ!! I think this man needs to educate himself and his followers! 9/11 is a time to remember the fallen and the ones lost on that horrible day. All this man (Rev. Terry Jones) wants to do is add to the hate??? What a man of God he is!!! Ha ha like I said what a joke!!!!
September 9th, 2010 at 8:55 am
Most of you need a lesson on what is contained in the Koran, it is one of the most violent hate filled documents in existence today. While I do not support the burning of this ridiculous book because millions of Muslims blindly follow Islam unaware of the content contained in the pages of the Koran , I am disgusted at the fact so many Americans have been duped into believing this document deserves standing along-side a peace loving Book such as the New Testament.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:09 am
Shorter version of End Times’ comment: my book is better than yours.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:23 am
@ Rhay – this thing needs a like button. I admire your succinctness. (Succinctity?)
September 9th, 2010 at 9:42 am
yeah well, regardless of the pi$$ing contests, my books better than yours, the crusades, religion of peace, religion of sht…
the fact of the matter is that Islam is producing the majority of the worlds a$$hats today, here and now.
Could mainstream muslims be a little more condeming of their a$$hats ? Yeah.
Should we burn the Koran ? Probably not any better an idea than building a mosque named after their conquest in Spain to be opened on the anniversary of 911.
I’ll outsource the rest coming from a dear freind of mine who just visited the mosque. Yes, its presently an active mosque.
I rarely do this, dont want to hi jack the thread, but the man carrys my words, and I’m too lazy to type up my repeated replys to the same stupid comments like some above.
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“Before getting to the main event, I am forcefully condemning the decision by a Florida church to burn the Koran.
This is stupid, reckless, disgusting, and morally repugnant. I despise Radical Islam, but burning the Koran is an affront to the many decent Muslims worldwide who also hate Radical Islam.
Everybody from General David Petraeus to Bridgitte Gabriel has harshly criticized this potential act.
There is still time for the church to back down. They should.
Also, if they do burn the Korans, and the Middle East explodes in violence and murder, that violence and murder will be unjustified as well. Responding to the burning of books, no matter how awful, with killing human beings…the killing of humans is worse.
As for the burning of the Korans, just because somebody has the legal right to do something does not mean it is morally right. This brings us to the Ground Zero Mosque.
As 9/11 approaches, I decided to take a trip to see the Ground Zero Mosque for myself. I went with an open mind. This was done several days ago on September 2nd.
I stopped by Ground Zero first. The mosque never would have been an issue if ordinary New York bureaucracy and turf wars had been put aside and allowed something…anything…to be built in the 9 years since the deadliest attack on the America mainland in many of our lifetimes.
Nobody is questioning that the Ground Zero Mosque is legally allowed to be built. The issue is a moral one. Islam has a history of conquering lands and building mosques at sites of conquest. Many see this mosque as a celebration of an Islamofascist triumph on 9/11. The left is concerned about insensitivity toward Muslims. The insensitivity is being shown to the 9/11 families.
We also have no idea exactly who and how this mosque is being funded. If this was being funded cleanly, disclosure would have been done already.
I went to the building. It used to be a Burlington Coat Factory. You can still see those words in the cement, although the block letters have been removed.
The building is only four stories tall. It is perfectly big enough for a mosque the way it is. If it were to remain such a small size, opposition to the mosque might lessen. Yet the notion of tearing down the building and replacing it with a gigantic building will only harden the opposition.
There is an Irish pub nearby, and an Indian restaurant. Yet like the mosque building right now, they are all inconspicuous. The builders are going out of their way to build a building to attract attention.
I walked up to the building. A gigantically large man was inside, staring out at the public through a large glass front door. He looked like a bar bouncer. I asked him if it was permissible to come in. He granted that permission.
This man asked me to take off my shoes. I complied. Personally, I have zero problem with that request. This was not a public park. It was private property. I did not consider myself surrendering to the Caliphate. It was a matter of politeness. I ask people to remove their shoes when coming in my home, and I am not Muslim.
He then asked me to turn my pager off because people were praying. I again complied with his request, finding it reasonable and appropriate.
Then something dawned on me. If people were praying, that meant that the mosque already existed.
The debate has been over whether or not to build a mosque. People are arguing over whether or not to build a physical structure. Even if building the mega-mosque is defeated, there will still be Muslims praying in this location. I am not offering commentary on this, just pointing out a fact. A mosque already exists there.
The upstairs room I walked into was an empty room. There was one Muslim praying by himself. The rest of the room was barren.
As I prepared to walk downstairs, I heard voices. Any reasonable person would think that it was more Muslims praying. To my surprise, the Muslim “bouncer” who let me in the building forbade me from going downstairs.
I was stunned. I told him that I wanted to see the downstairs. He told me that the downstairs was exactly like the upstairs, and that I had seen everything I needed to see.
I did not want to mess with this guy. I came back to the front door, put my shoes on, and left.
Is it possible he was worried that I would disrupt the prayers? Sure.
Is it also possible he was hiding something?
Absolutely.
Liberals will say that I have no proof of any illegal or untoward behavior.
Yet what was this guy hiding?
I was there. I was in the building. I know the difference between an empty room and a room with people.
Is it possible Jihadists were plotting to blow up parts of New York?
Yes, it is.
They checked me when I came in. They saw I had no weapons. I did not have a camera.
(I could have taken pictures with my cellphone, but would not have done so unless I saw something illegal. To take pictures of people praying would have been disrespectful.)
There were several people downstairs. I heard the voices. There was only one of me. Had I done anything inappropriate, they would have easily outnumbered me.
What were they hiding?
If all I saw was people praying, I would have reported that.
Why would they have prevented me from seeing what was down there?
Liberals will also argue that they had every legal right to keep me from going downstairs.
For the umpteenth time, none of this is about legality. It is about morality.
This is not about the court of law. It is about the court of public opinion.
By not letting me downstairs, my suspicions have only deepened.
I came in biased, but open to being persuaded. Instead I felt intimidated, as a big Muslim man was prepared to beat me to a pulp if I set my non-Muslim body on his territory.
This did not close the issue or put anything to rest.
People with nothing to hide do not act like they are hiding something. If they are bluffing so I jump to incorrect conclusions, that is their fault, not mine.
(Think Saddam Hussein acting like he had WMD. Whether he lied or was truthful, he got what he deserved.)
The man could have gone with me. He could have watched me downstairs. He could have installed cameras to make sure I did not break any rules. If I did, he could have shown that to the world.
Whatever is going on at this Burlington Coat Factory, I can confirm that the Muslims in that downstairs room do not want outsiders to know about it.
This could be completely innocent.
It is not. It is every bit as mysterious as the downstairs room of a “restaurant” where “business” is being discussed that has nothing to do with the restaurant.
With every other culture, it would be permissible to ask questions. Answers could have put my concerns to rest. Instead, my worries about this project have deepened to a chasm that will not be bridged.
I was there. I saw…and didn’t see…everything I needed to see.
The Ground Zero Mosque should not be built.
Not now. Not ever.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:58 am
I’ve got another lengthy comment in moderation hell, dso, until that one pops up…
“Shorter version of End Times’ comment: my book is better than yours.”
Still, the majority of religious a$$hats on this planet are being produced bt Islam, “today”.
And it might just be me but mainstrean muslims just dont seem to give enough of a sht.
I want to be tolerant of these people and their religion. But the last few years have made this increasingly difficult as it would be really nice to see them put out their own possies and deal with the shts that are tarnishing them
At a certain point one can only wonder of what were seeing is passive aggresiveness like not telling your rival neighbor his house just caught fire, letting it burn to the ground with him in it before you pick up the phone.
Jolie is just another ideaistic hollywood head. But hey, regardless of our political persuassions she does invest an awful lot of time and millions of “her own money” into helping victims of third world hell holes.
I myself would do everything I could to stop the mosque, but if everyones going to get physically violent over either a concrete structure or some paper and ink then you fcking idiots deserve what you’ve got coming
September 9th, 2010 at 10:02 am
“Saudi Arabia is a repressive government, not a religion. Bowing to their level of repression serves us how?”
Their religion is their government.
Wise up.
Almost every country in the middle east is a theocratic dictatorship or at least has governments dictated to by Islam.
We dont bow to their level of oppression. Otherwise if we did their wouldnt be a single mosque in America
September 9th, 2010 at 10:28 am
What Micky said.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:42 am
YEAH! What Micky said!
Frankly, I don’t care what Angelina Jolie says, so long as she’s wearing a really tight outfit while saying it. It may surprise some of you to know that she is an Ayn Rand fan, too. So she is not the usual Hollywood idiot.
I hope all of this trash-the-preacher energy was around back when Muslims were rioting over some goofball drawing a cartoon about Mohammed. I’m not crazy about the burning of books, but at least it is not the burning of people. I think we’ve had enough of that already.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:43 am
Here it is Micky
September 9th, 2010 at 10:47 am
All Angie needs is a nice bowl of greasy chili, a moon pie, a bag of chips and a Coke. Put a little meat on her bones and she may be able to think a little clearer.
Absolutely! A few cheese burgers wouldn’t hurt a bit. And maybe a hot fudge sundae from Dairy Queen or 100. It’d do her a world of good.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:51 am
I fell into leg tingling lust with Jolie when she appeared way back in the day in “Hackers”.
Put some weight on baby, please. You’re scaring me.
September 9th, 2010 at 10:54 am
Thanks Beth.
That was Eric again over at Tygrrr.
The guy sure does get around.
September 9th, 2010 at 11:03 am
@Micky – he really does! He’s all over the place. He must live on the road.