By Omar Sacirbey
 

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Muslims consider the Quran to be the word of God as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, and to desecrate it is to desecrate the word of God. Some Muslims hold that because the Quran was revealed in Arabic, translations are not the authentic word of God. Thus, burning a English-language translation of the Quran, to some, would be acceptable, however distasteful.

Others say that Qurans are mere reproductions of God's word, but not God's actual word. "It's not the Quran that's being burned, it's the paper," said Imam Talal Eid, a Muslim member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.