FOX Business TV Appearance: Geller on the Dove Church Qu'ran Burning

1. This church's plan to burn the Qur'an does a grave disservice to the cause of spreading awareness about Islamic teachings and the threat that Sharia poses to our way of life.

2. The burning of books is wrong in principle: the antidote to bad speech is not censorship or book-burning, but more speech. Open discussion. Give-and-take. And the truth will out. There is no justification for burning books.

3. If Americans are free and not under Sharia, then the church can do this if it wants, and their freedom and rights should be protected. Islamic supremacists should not be allowed a victory for their violent intimidation -- if these people want to burn a book, they're free to do so.

4. If they were burning a Bible, no one would be threatening violence against them.

5. Petraeus is wrong to say this will threaten American troops. This is based on the assumption that they are fighting us because we are doing things they don't like. Actually they are fighting us because of imperatives within the Islamic faith. They will never like us unless we convert to Islam or submit to Islamic rule. If we stop doing things they dislike, where will we draw the line? How far will Sharia advance in the U.S., with Americans afraid to stop its advance for fear of offending Muslims and stirring them up to violence? The Muslim Students Association is already pushing for halal cafeterias, segregated dorms, segregated gym facilities on campus. This is incompatible with American freedom. We have to draw the line.

6. Although I oppose this venture, this is another challenge to the U.S. to stand up for free speech and free expression. Popular speech needs no protection. As such all Americans should support the right of the church to proceed, even if they dislike what they're doing.

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• quran
• koran burning
• dove

[StoogeWatcher]

@sammipink1 The difference is that Christians don't riot over Bible burnings. Muslims also went crazy over a few cartoons, but I don't know of Jews going ballistic when Arab newspapers publish anti-Jewish cartoons.

[CorrosionX3]

I hate those short debates... don't you wish they had people on for a whole hour, really explaining the issues like they did in the 60's and 70's instead of spin and soundbites and nobody being able to make a point?

[932nona]

if u read quran !! you will find out that what you are doing is VERY wrong we have many many words and (swars) about your religion you have no right to do this even if u burn it and i doubt that MANY MILLIONS OF Muslims know by heart even our profit Muhammad was praying in a church we are the same we are all people woship is for God and land is for people that is a common saying here and not all muslims burned bibles i personally admire christans my bff is a christan LEAVE US ALONE !

[932nona]

@greengringo2003 leave us alone in evrey arab nation or islamic nation there is church no riligon should be destroyed no one is forcing anyone eles to change thier riligion ! we are harmless read my comment read some of our quran like i read some of your bible ISLAM WONT BE DESTOYED NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO WE ARE PROTECTED BY GOD SO ARE CHRISTANS BUT BURNING QURAN IS WRONG AS MUCH AS IT IS WRONG TO BURN BIBLES AND IT IS SHAMFULL FOR YOUR RELIGION LEAVE ISLAM ALONE AND DON'T FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE 

[932nona]

if u read quran !! you will find out that what you are doing is VERY wrong we have many many words and (swars) about your religion you have no right to do this even if u burn it and i doubt that MANY MILLIONS OF Muslims know by heart even our profit Muhammad was praying in a church we are the same we are all people woship is for God and land is for people that is a common saying here and not all muslims burned bibles i personally admire christans my bff is a christan LEAVE US ALONE !

[greengringo2003]

This struggle with Muslems won't go away, until they get over their inferiority complex and hatred of the far-superior West, get rid of their imams who preach daily hatred of the West and especially Israel, and stop being confrontational about every issue that upsets them (seems like they'd confront the weather if they could). How likel is all that going to happen? Then, what's next? WE will escalate the WAR they are causing thru stealth Jihad. ISLAM.DELENDA.EST. Islam Must Be Destroyed.

[StoogeWatcher]

@truthsabre7 And did other faiths riot over those incidents done by Muslims? No.

[truthsabre7]

Burning books is wrong but it is free speech. Besides the US Army burned bibles this year. By the way muslims have burn bibles and have destroyed Hindu Temples, and churches.

[poop121]

MUSLIMS CAUSED THE FINANCIAL CRISIS, CAUSED CONTROLLED IMPLOSION OF WTC 7, KILLED TUPAC, CAUSED THE BLACK PLAGUE, KILLED JFK, MUSLIMS ARE AT AREA 51, MUSLIMS CAUSED THE HOLOCAUST, KILLED ELVIS, MUSLIMS PUT FLUORIDE IN OUR WATER, MUSLIMS ARE REPTILE PEOPLE, MUSLIMS ARE FREEMASONS, MUSLIMS CAUSED PEARL HARBOR, MUSLIMS KILLED LINCOLN, MUSLIMS TOOK DOWN MURRAH BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA, MUSLIMS HAD SEX WITH LEWINSKY, MUSLIMS KILLED BIGFOOT!

[TheMonkeypack]

That's just wrong.. they keep talking about 3 different things and trying to make a point out of them. You simply don't burn a holy book. It's wrong.. and not every muslim in the World is a terrorist. Do your research people the 9/11 was an inside job.