Not So Fast on the Qur'an Apology.... By Robert Spencer
Last Saturday, Major General Jeffery Hammond, commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad, issued a formal apology to leaders in Radhwaniya, in western Baghdad, after an American soldier used a Qur’an for target practice.
The soldier said he didn’t know that the book he used was a Qur’an, but military brass rejected this and announced plans to reassign the soldier to duty within the United States.
During what CNN called the “apology ceremony,” Major General Hammond told the assembled Iraqis: “I come before you here seeking your forgiveness. In the most humble manner I look in your eyes today and I say please forgive me and my soldiers.” A member of Hammond’s staff kissed a Qur’an and presented it to the Iraqi leaders, calling it a “humble gift.”
Assuming that the soldier really did know that the book he was shooting at was the Qur’an, this story illustrates many things:
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