Taliban Burn Holy Quran

From Ali Sukhanver in Pakistan:

Recently it was reported by some of the private TV channels, including Samaa and the Geo News that at Ring Road in Hazarkhawni, Peshawar on 12th April, 2009, at least 12 trailers loaded with supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan were set on fire by Taliban, resulting in the killing of a driver and injuring two cleaners.

In this incident one of the drivers told the Taliban that there was a Holy Quran in one of the trailers but the Taliban did not pay attention to it and set the trailer on fire. The copy of the Holy Quran was also burnt as a result.

The TV channels displayed the burnt pages of this most sacred book. There was a severe protest against this un-Islamic act of the Taliban. Apparently the militants who did this shameful insult to the Holy Quran posed to be the Taliban but it is almost impossible for a common Muslim to accept that the people who introduce themselves as the representatives of Islam can perform such disgusting act.

Reportedly, there is a large segment of the Pakistani population that is conflicted about the Taliban. The Taliban claims to be an Islamic movement but allow the the Holy Quran to be burned. It's inconceivable to the average Muslim.

I suggest that the incident will be overlooked by the mainstream media. Maybe someone should draw a cartoon.