Thought for the Day on the Koran

Here's an interesting idea that I recieved in an email from a friend with this link and these comments:

Slice from the Email:

Literal-minded twitism at work. Like the values that the Koran represents are present in the physical Koran? The Koran is a metaphor. Like the flag, it stands for something but it isn't the thing it stands for.


Slice from the article:

KABUL, Afghanistan, May 11 - Four protesters were killed and more than 60 injured Wednesday in the eastern city of Jalalabad as the police and troops struggled to contain the worst anti-American demonstrations in Afghanistan in the more than three years since the fall of the Taliban.

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By the way, does anyone else see the irony in the following photos?