South Africa’s Star newspaper reports that Muslims in in the city of Johannesburg went to court to prevent an angry Muslim businessman from setting Bibles on fire in retaliation for the anticipated burning of Qurans by Pastor Terry Jones. According to the account, evidence presented by the Islamic ‘Scholars of the Truth’ persuaded the angry Muslim defendant that the Quran includes the Gospel, so burning the Quran is equivalent to burning the Bible.
For The Star, reporter Sheree Baga quotes the defendant, South African businessman and Muslim, Mohammed Vawdain, as saying in part:
“In their papers, the applicants introduced and brought to my attention verses of the Quran I was unaware of. In other words, the Quran says that the Gospel is part of the Quran, and that if I burn the Bible, I’m also burning the Quran. That man (Jones) can go burn the Quran – he is also burning the Bible. Luckily they stopped me from doing it. Now I have renewed respect for the Gospel and actually embrace it.”
The lawyer for the plaintiffs, the Muslim group Scholars of the Truth, is quoted as saying in part:
“Obtaining the order in our court today is a message to Americans, and shows them legal ways to prevent such conduct in the future. … I’m amazed that Americans couldn’t quickly obtain an order against him (Jones) – that it allows itself to be held hostage by one person who for more than a month has threatened to burn the Quran.”
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