Australia: Queensland lawyer Alex Stewart smokes pages from the Koran and Bible

there's nothin holy bout paper & ink lol...truss me on diz 1 ^_^ ...notice there's no comment from the xtian community (yet) saying how offensive this iz...its only muslims that keep usin this shit 2 silence any form of critical critisism...fuck dem!

I would smoke weed on/or any piece of paper from any book because I know God doesn't care about that shit- because I read what was in it and NOWHERE in the Bible does it condemn book burning of any sort. And Stacia, im sorry but you are wrong.
Jesus doesn't care if you burn the Bible, its just like telling a lie or anything else- its all the same if you don't accept the words He spoke.
People get angry about stupid things.

This dude is just ignorant!! He's just forcing his views on the world and I bet he gets mad when he feel that religions are doing the samething. I'm just glad that the Bible have such power that a athiest can go and burn it because he hates it sooooo much!! (THE KORAN ALSO) There is a power that come with these books because he wouldn't have done this if he knew he wouldn't get an reaction out of weather it's good or bad. If it's just a book you wouldn't put it on youtube because it wouldn't get any hits!!! GIVE GLORY TO CHRIST!!!

poor guy :(

To me this all goes back to what the Supreme Court was trying to say when they ruled the limits to free speech are you can't yell fire in a crowded theater.

To me if Pastor Jones had just went out behind his church and burned the Koran as some type of specific to his congregation way of remembering September 11th--it would have been no problem. Essentially no harm/no foul.

Just as if this guy would have rolled up and smoked pages from the Bible and the Koran in the privacy of his office or maybe even in a class on religious history or current events and burned it in that context--again no problem.

It's when you act like a dick--and go out of your way to deliberately be an asshole and make a point to put out in the public discourse a statement you can pretty much guarantee will do nothing but deliberately inflame people's passions--and unless you live under a rock or someplace without media access you know upfront that people are already all stirred up and are already off the rails and irrational about Islamic beliefs thanks the Fox News and the Fox News equivalent on Al Jezerra TV --so it follows you knowingly and intentionally yelled fire in a crowed theater and it becomes a harm, a foul, and definitely a problem. And your actions are therefore NOT covered under the freedom of speech as the founding fathers intended the term to be understood and as the judicial system has said is not a part of that right.

ink and paper.

when i was younger i smoked bible pages a couple times simply because i didn't have rolling papers.

Sadly I say good--let Australia take some heat and deal with all this Jr high drama behavior among male idiots on both sides of the religious aisle who are just using this as an excuse to compare their penis sizes.

Burning books is just wrong. No matter what book it is. Look at all the countries/regimes that have burned books in the past....did any of them turn out to be good?
I'd say not.

http://www.isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1612612&Lang=E

Iran judiciary top dog: Qur'an-burning "a new plot by the World Arrogance led by international Zionism"

Of course! Who else could be behind it? "Iran says Quran burning shows new Zionist conspiracy emerging," from the Iranian Students News Agency, September 14:

TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani condemned insult to the Holy Quran, saying that a new Zionist conspiracy is emerging.

"Insult to the Holy Quran in front of the White House was an organized measure in line with war against Islam and it was an insult to monotheistic religions," he said in a statement.

"The disgraceful measure of insult to the Holy Quran was something beyond an unwise action by some ordinary operatives, it showed a new plot by the World Arrogance led by international Zionism to cover its military and political failures in international particularly in regional scene to secure its illegitimate interests."...

This guy rocks.

Before all these holy book burnings cause something horrible, I want everyone to watch me burn every holy book in the hope of people realizing that religion doesn't matter. Just you wait and see... no seriously, I want you to watch me, just do it.

Fuck the books, but fuck smoking too. What a dumbass.

XVX for life, R.A.S.H. 'til death.

Christians dont care because it is a religion based on love (See 1st and 2nd commandment penned by Jesus)
And most are not bigotted enough to care anyway.

Some people just wanna go along with the FAD to make other people MAD !
If you show no ATTENTION then what ? That person would go around telling everyone that there doin it , now that sounds stupid , looks stupid , & IS STUPID ! If you pay no ATTENTION to her or him then they will GO AWAY & try to get ATTENTION Elsewhere or as they say 5 MINS OF FAME ! Then POOF their GONE !!!!!!!!! Why waste the time or effort ,,,,,, is it due to being LONELY ? Ah NOBODY ? ( I think it's the 1st one ) !

Some of us doesn't mind the pages being burnt. But for those who do mind, should remember that the spiritual bond between you & your faith is much more important than writings in a book.

I agree with him! And thank him for his equality! The "Alleged" Koran burning by that Florida child molester i mean priest completely pissed me off he was just using 9/11 as an excuse to say F_CK YOU MUSLIMS (You don't believe in my god). I say because of that pastor and the media attention we should burn an eye for an eye so to speak for every Qur'an burned, A bile Burned.

No doubt the Queensland University of Technology is upset about the prospect of all those enraged Christians rioting, burning tires and Alex Stewart in effigy, chanting "Death to Australia," and all the rest -- no, wait...

Moral Equivalence Alert!!

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/09/iranian-fatwa-kill-those-who-burn-quran.html

Iranian fatwa: Kill those who burn the Qur'an

And still no defense of the freedom of expression from Obama or anyone else in the West. "Iran Ayatollahs Issue Fatwas Against Koran-Burners," by Ali Sheikholeslami for Bloomberg, September 13:

Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Two Iranian grand ayatollahs issued fatwas calling for the killing of those who insult the Koran, including anyone who burns the Islamic holy book, the state-run Fars news agency reported.

No one was specified in the decrees, which were issued by Nasser Makarem-Shirazi and Hossein Nouri-Hamedani in response to questions asked by student groups from universities in Tehran, Fars said. Such an action against any individual could only be carried out with the authorization of an Islamic religious judge, they said.

"Undoubtedly, the blood of a person who burns the Koran should be shed," Makarem-Shirazi was cited by Fars as saying. Everybody should "strongly condemn" such an act....

Students who protested outside the Swiss Embassy in Tehran today set fire to the U.S. flag, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. The Swiss Embassy represents U.S. interests in Iran. They also destroyed a coffin that had the phrase "Liberal Democracy" written on it....

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/09/gambian-president-islam-not-a-religion-of-viol...

Gambian President: Islam not a religion of violence, but if you burn Qur'ans or draw Muhammad, we'll kill you.

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Monday said Islam is not a religion of violence and that true Muslims are noble and honorable.

President Jammeh, a stanch Muslim himself, made the remarks during his annual traditional meeting with Banjul Muslim elders at State House in the Gambian capital Banjul.

He also used the forum to speak against Terry Jones in the United State who vowed to burn the Muslim holy book Quran.

"The people in the West. I want to send you a message. The message is that Islam is the best religion, and that there would be no other prophet after the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW)," said the president.

He said there is a lot of double standards in the West. "Your security cannot be guaranteed by fighting Islam. We Muslims will defend our religion with our blood, and we will never be intimidated," said Jammeh.

President Jammeh stressed that he has never seen any demonstration where the holy Quran is being burnt. "Any country that allows any copy of the holy Quran being burnt, Bilahi Walahi Talayi, you will regret it," he declared.

The Gambian leader asked if denying the holocaust is crime, then why not caricaturing the holy Prophet of Islam.

He further noted that such an action could endanger world peace, warning that anyone who plays with it would surely pay the price.

Insulting any religion is not freedom of expression, neither is caricaturing the holy Quran, he said.

"Caricaturing the holy Prophet (SAW) is unacceptable, and we will not accept it and there would surely be consequences. If you want your security respected then respect the security of others; if you want to be dignified, respect the dignity of others," he added.

The Gambian leader made it clear that Islam has nothing to do with the Sept. 11 World Trade Center bombing. Muslims, he stressed, do not commit suicide.

He blamed those who claimed to be Muslims and rally behind the religion in the name of Jihad to terrorize innocent people, describing such people as Kafiri (unbelievers).

Jammeh said he has given powers to the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council to deal with "those troublemakers."

"We are true Muslims, and that is why we live side by side with Christians," he said.

Intolerance, he said, would not be accepted in the country, and does not care what the international community will say.

I'm glad he was impartial, in that he did this with both books. I think he inadvertently brought Muslims and Christians a bit closer together. 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' anyone?

health will not broke after smoking? :)

That's really not healthy! The book printing ink contains toxic substances! Mostly lead!

Someone who has it right . . . when all is said and done, at the end of the day the reality is that no matter the content of the Bible or the Qur'an it is still nothing other than ink printed on paper . . . although it must be harsh to smoke, it's probably more likely to give a headache than a high.

Kids smoke the Bible in Catholic school. This guy just wants his 15 minutes on youtube.

...hard to believe...lol...but even Down Under has dickheads...

I'm split on this one.

On the one hand, he's right, they are just books. It isn't a big deal.

On the other hand, he's being a stupid dick and not enlightening or educating anyone.

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That's harsh . . .

No, not the act itself . . . it's the flavor . . . cough, cough . . .

I support the smoking of any religious text.

This is not new.. it's been done millions of times.
The Gideons knew we would run out of rolling papers and thats why they added the giant EZ-Wider page at the very beggining of their bibles.

This is news?

OK see now I've been to Australia thats just how those mates roll (pun intended) seriosly though I seen it done for real myself.lol those Auzzys roll some good spleeffs. great post

Well I'm offended when superstitious religious people vote, but I don't see anyone getting fired for that.

hmmm...doesn't seem too cool, but I understand his view on the books.

THATS HORRIBLE

He could get lung cancer don't smoke kid's with out a bong :)

"Religious Artifacts"?
What, did he burn ancient scrolls?
Perhaps the first editions, penned by Mohamed, Moses, and the Gospel four?

No?

Then frankly, some piece of wood pulp that you can find in every motel room nightstand does NOT count as an "Artifact".

LOL..this is funny..

excellent ;)

I like this.
Actually, I love this.
Level the playing field between jihadist muslims and fundamentalist christians (who are more similar to one another than either would admit).

And at the same time he's smoking what appears to be reefer, pissing off the anti-drug nut jobs the same.

If he does get sacked he should come to America and start a law firm.

He has a good point though people should get a little less worked up over paper and ink. I still think what his face in florida is an ass, but its his message that irks me not the book burning.

rofl

He told the The Courier-Mail he doesn't "do drugs and the green substance in the video was actually grass clippings."
This guy is even loonier than he first appears.

The Catholic church is going to say "We don't give a f*&k, can't you see we have enough problems?"

I completely agree with the comments here, but when it comes to religion... there are more religious people and they do not take lightly, burning of their religious books.

He knew what he was doing and now has to face the consequences... too bad really..