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:... death is the penalty for desecrating a [[Koran]] in [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]], and elsewhere. [[Egypt]] is milder, there one would be sentenced to several years in prison under Article 161 of the penal code for “publicly insulting [[Islam]],” or perhaps Article 98, “inciting sectarian strife”; similar patterns are followed in more moderate Muslim countries. [http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/marshall200505160837.asp]

:... death is the penalty for desecrating a [[Koran]] in [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]], and elsewhere. [[Egypt]] is milder, there one would be sentenced to several years in prison under Article 161 of the penal code for “publicly insulting [[Islam]],” or perhaps Article 98, “inciting sectarian strife”; similar patterns are followed in more moderate Muslim countries. [http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/marshall200505160837.asp]

==Guantanamo==

==Guantanamo incident==

In 2005, there were "reports that a [[Koran]] was desecrated at the US detention centre at [[Guantanamo]]",<ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=46668 Saudi demands action in alleged Koran desecration] </ref>

In 2005, there were "reports that a [[Koran]] was desecrated at the US detention centre at [[Guantanamo]]",<ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=46668 Saudi demands action in alleged Koran desecration] </ref>

However, Brig. Gen. Jay Hood, the commander of the detention center, found:

However, Brig. Gen. Jay Hood, the commander of the detention center, found:

:... 15 cases of detainees mishandling their own Korans. "These included using a Koran as a pillow, ripping pages out of the Koran, attempting to flush a Koran down the toilet and urinating on the Koran." In the most recent of those 15 cases, a detainee on Feb. 18 allegedly ripped up his Koran and handed it to a guard, stating that he had given up on being a Muslim. Several guards witnessed this, Hood reported.<ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,158577,00.html Pentagon: Urine Touched Koran at Gitmo] - Fox News - Saturday, June 04, 2005</ref>

:... 15 cases of detainees mishandling their own Korans. "These included using a Koran as a pillow, ripping pages out of the Koran, attempting to flush a Koran down the toilet and urinating on the Koran." In the most recent of those 15 cases, a detainee on Feb. 18 allegedly ripped up his Koran and handed it to a guard, stating that he had given up on being a Muslim. Several guards witnessed this, Hood reported.<ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,158577,00.html Pentagon: Urine Touched Koran at Gitmo] - Fox News - Saturday, June 04, 2005</ref>

==See also==

==See also==