Pakistani lawmakers rap Qur’an burning

The unanimous resolution presented by Nayyar Bukhari, leader of President Asif Ali Zardari’s Pakistan People’s Party in the senate, urged NATO to take steps to prevent recurrence of such irresponsible acts in future.

The resolution urged the Pakistani government to approach the United Nations, international community and the US for action against those responsible for the burning of Muslims holy book at the US military’s Bagram Airbase,
located 11 kilometers (7 miles) southeast of the city of Charikar in Afghanistan’s northern province of Parwan.

Describing the incident as an outrageous act, the house also called upon all Muslim countries to compel NATO and the United States to prosecute those involved in the incident.

“This house condemns in the strongest terms the outrageous act of burning of copies of the Holy Qur’an by NATO troops in Afghanistan,” the resolution pointed out.

Afghan President Karzai demanded on February 24 that Qur’an burners — whom he said were American soldiers — be put on public trial and punished.

More than 30 people have been killed in anti-US demonstrations across Afghanistan since they began on February 21.

The desecration of the Holy Qur’an underscores the insensitivity of the US-led forces about the cultural and religious values and rituals of Afghanistan, more than 10 years after they invaded the Asian nation to remove the Taliban from power.

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