WATCH: Afghans Rally Against U.S. and Chant "Death to Obama"

This is exactly what we don't want to happen.

Hundreds of Afghans railed against the United States and called for President Barack Obama's death at a rally in Kabul to denounce an extreme evangelical church's plans to burn the Islamic holy book on September 11. The Gainesville, Florida-based Dove World Outreach Center has been denied a permit to set a bonfire and has vowed to proceed with the Koran-burning.

The crowd in Kabul, numbering as many as 500, chanted "Long live Islam" and "Death to America" as they listened to fiery speeches from members of parliament, provincial council deputies, and Islamic clerics who criticized the U.S. and demanded the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country. Some threw rocks when a U.S. military convoy passed, but speakers shouted at them to stop and told police to arrest anyone who disobeyed. Protesters who had gathered in front of Kabul's Milad ul-Nabi mosque raised placards and flags emblazoned with slogans calling for the death of Obama, while police looked on. They burned American flags and a cardboard effigy of Dove World Outreach Center's pastor, Terry Jones, before dispersing peacefully.

The White House, State Department, NATO and neighboring nations in Southwest Asia and the Middle East have condemned Terry Jones for the proposed Koran-burning. The Wall Street Journal reports that Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, says the planned burning of Korans "could put the lives of American troops in danger and damage the war effort. Not just here [in Afghanistan], but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the Islamic community."

So much for "supporting the troops." Thanks a lot wingnut a-holes. Watch the video WHEN YOU JUMP ...

Comments

[CC]

Where is the muslim's respect for others? I do not think what the pastor is inciting is right but he is just responding to stupidity with stupidity.

For many years, Muslims have burned the American flag, burned bibles, etc. and now when the shoe is on the other foot, now its a problem.

When we all learn how to mutually respect others, we will finally be able to get past these old dogmatic hatereds there are.

[CC]

sorry for the typos-LOL!

[Jim]

You gotta hand it to Fox News. On one side, they incite hatred of Muslims to the point where a right-wing American pastor is making a public show of burning copies of the Qur’an. They claim Obama is pro-Muslim, with some of them even claiming Obama is Muslim himself, so naturally their “patriotic” viewers will hate Obama, too.

On the other side, now the Afghans want to kill Obama because he is president of the nation that harbors this anti-Muslim pastor, a man who hates Obama.

Yes, the folks who bankroll Fox News win on both sides. The more conflict their lies cause, the more they profit.

Are we sure Glenn Beck didn’t organize this rally in Kabul?

[Cocoa Rican]

Crazy that religion is still the #1 cause for wars, hatred and bigotry. You would think that the belief in a higher power (God) - whatever your religion - would hold that hating your fellow man and ending life would go against any/all religion.

Since NO ONE in current day has come back from the dead and proven what after life (if any) is true and real, let's stick to life and the living here. Love your fellow man. Let's add a universal commandment of "Love thy fellow man like the afterlife you believe in depends on it."

[Otis]

You said it Cocoa! Let's live in the moment and love others in the present.

A good friend who turned me on to Nichiren Buddhism said the same thing about religion. Any religion or religious practitioner that is more concerned with dogma and hatred instead of the happiness of people is only serving itself. Peace and love should not be abstract concepts, but the foundation of what religion/spirituality should put into action.

[mjolnir202]

What's funny is that the Pastor and the religious nuts in Afghanistan are two sides of the same coin, but neither can recognize this. It's also interesting to note the dead silence of the Republican party on this issue. All of a sudden, General Patreus doesn't know anything and damn the troops if Anti-Muslim bigotry and help the GOP in November.