Don't Touch the Quran

Someone visiting from Egypt with an American academic program said to me that it seems there's an "optimistic" mood to the country with peace looming up again.

I replied that it's always nice to know that the country leading this peace process chops off hands and heads, their women can't appear in public unescorted and a few other items.

He got my point.

Wait til he sees this:-

Muslim School kids Beat Christian Teacher to Death for Unintentional Koran Disrespect

Nigerian police have arrested some 12 people in connection with the gruesome killing of a schoolteacher after students said she desecrated Islam's religious text the Koran, local media reported on Thursday.

Oluwatoyin Oluwasesan had allegedly collected books from her students before they were to write an exam and tossed them outside of the classroom. A copy of the Koran was apparently among the texts, sparking uproar by the pupils, Nigeria's This Day newspaper said.

'The school principal said before they knew what was happening, the students started shouting 'Allahu Akbar' (God is great). It was gathered that all efforts at controlling the rampaging students proved abortive,' This Day reported.

Oluwasesan, a Christian, taught at the school on a contract basis and was assigned to watch over the students as they wrote the exam.

According to police, the students beat the teacher to death, although This Day said she and parts of the school were set on fire. Apparently this kind of incident is quite common.

Here, too.