Unfortunately, not everybody views religion as you do. Not everybody feels it deserves the level of respect that it often gets. This isn't an issue of etiquette or manners in any way.
I would very vehemently disagree with you here, and I really believe that most others would back me here. In terms of things that don't impact upon anyone else, it is very much a case of empathy. If I truly believe that a spirit exists that requires that I eat a hamburger every day, nobody will stop me from doing that. If I really want to wear a bandana everywhere, unless it conflicts with uniform rules then I'm perfectly allowed to do this. If I carry a plastic frog around with me, nobody can take it off me without good reason. The only reason someone would want to stop me from doing any of these things is to spite me.
Fine, that's a bit of an airy fairy example, but I don't know any other way to explain this. There's no reason someone would want to burn the Qur'an without offending anyone. Hence, this is a deliberate attack on the Islamic faith, and I believe that is very wrong.
And speaking of false analogies... Lol. Unless religious people are mentally handicapped and should not be treated like everyone else, then burn away if you want to make a statement.
Eh? Look, I don't give up my seat on the bus for any religious person, but I will respect them in their own ways. Personally, sticking with the Muslim theme, I don't like people wearing burkas around, I find it rather unsettling, but I respect their right to wear them.
And yeah, they're making an offensive statement. This is what's wrong....
(And by your writing style I can see what sort of person you are, I'm not going to make much ground here because we're very different people with very different views.)
Many people do not agree with what religious books say. Another way of saying that is that they even take offense to what the books say. So why are we not respecting those people by criminalizing the printing and selling of these books?
Disagreeing =/= taking offence.
You ask what you lose by respecting a book? Well what do you lose by letting someone protest a book by burning it?
This isn't a case of logic from their point of view. It's a case of rules. And actually they would see the burning of a Qur'an as an attack on Allah.
I don't view any religious book as holy and thus should not be required in any way to respect it. It's not a human, it shouldn't have special rights.
Ok, let's distinguish between respecting and disrespecting then. You don't have to respect the book, you don't have to buy one, look after it, treat it in any special way. But don't deliberately get one just to destroy it, that just makes you a massive jerk.
This really just seems like a boy jumping up and down on grass that has a "no walking" sign on it just to prove that he can.
) - we do not worship a book about our sexuality. We do not base our sexuality upon the laws of this book. We don't require that this book is placed in a high, clean place. I don't think you appreciate how important this book is to Muslims. It's even more important to them than a crucifix is to a Christian. They simply ask that you don't damage the book.
