EFE

El Consejo Pontificio para el Diálogo Inter-Religioso aseguró en un comunicado que "ha escuchado con viva preocupación la noticia de la propuesta de 'Día de la Quema del Corán' para el 11 de septiembre, aniversario de los trágicos ataques terroristas que en 2011 causaron numerosas víctimas inocentes e ingentes daños materiales".

 

LE FIGARO

Le secrétaire général de la Ligue arabe, Amr Moussa, a pour sa part dénoncé le projet d'un «fanatique», tandis qu'un haut responsable des Frères musulmans égyptiens a évoqué «un acte barbare qui rappelle l'Inquisition». Au Liban enfin, le président maronite Michel Sleimane a appelé à «une réflexion profonde sur les enseignements du christianisme et de l'humanisme».

 

CNN

Clinton noted that Terry Jones, the Florida pastor, is the head of a small congregation, and said she wished his plans to burn the Quran on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks hadn't attracted so much media attention. But sadly, "that's the world we live in right now," she said.

 

L'EXPRESS

Alsace d'abord, un mouvement régionaliste d'extrême droite, dit avoir porté plainte pour discrimination contre la décision de la société Quick de ne plus servir que de la viande halal dans certains restaurants, a annoncé lundi son président, Jacques Cordonnier.

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Panicked teachers in Thailand's restive south stayed home from school Wednesday after two teachers were killed in broad daylight amid threats from suspected Muslim insurgents that 20 would die.

 

DAILY MAIL

Even those who support the proposed mosque at New York’s Ground Zero want it moved to a different location, according to a new poll. Some 38 per cent of New Yorkers who back the project in principle say it should not be built so close to the site where terrorists flew planes into the Twin Towers on September 11 2001.

 

WORLD NEWS

Leaders of many religious faiths have been called upon by American Muslims to help in boosting security and diplomacy ahead of the 9/11 anniversary. Many fear the day will bring trouble for Muslim communities, especially this year with the controversial building of a Mosque and Muslim community centre near Ground Zero.

 

THE CHRISTIAN POST

As thousands of Muslims worldwide gathered over the weekend to protest one Florida group's plans to burn copies of Islam’s sacred text on the upcoming anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Christian leaders – liberal and conservative – reaffirmed their opposition to the burnings.

 

THE NEW YORK TIMES

“We worry: Will we ever be really completely accepted in American society?” said Dr. Ferhan Asghar, an orthopedic spine surgeon in Cincinnati and the father of two young girls. “In no other country could we have such freedoms — that’s why so many Muslims choose to make this country their own. But we do wonder whether it will get to the point where people don’t want Muslims here anymore.”

 

LE MONDE

Il n'y a peut-être pas de commune mesure entre la pratique ignoble de la lapidation des femmes et celle du ramadan. Mais il y a entre elles ce rapport que le discernement doit savoir établir entre une radicalité générale et l'un de ses excès les plus extrêmes. Ici et là, ce qui se manifeste est une violence infligée à la personne humaine au nom de la religion. L'islam n'a pas commencé de dénouer le rapport qui unit la violence et le sacré.