Talk:Qur'an desecration controversy of 2005/reorganization

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• Reports surfaced that American interrogators (or guards) did something offensive to the Qur'an
  • Something that amounts to desecration, a capital offense in parts of the Islamic world
• Many people believed the Newsweek report for various reasons:
  • government official said he saw something in writing about it
  • There were other reports of it
    • including those by human rights organizations
  • The claim had been made so many times, by so many people, that it must be true
  • Some people think Americans or their government are disrespectful of Islam
• Some people repeated the report, as if it represented a confirmation or proof or confession
• Publicizing the claim overseas led to riots
  • Around 10 or 20 people died
  • Some amount of property was destroyed or damaged
  • Governments did (or did not) arrest or try rioters who killed people
  • How about suits for property losses?
• Other versions of what happened
  1. Newsweek retracted the claim (at least in part), and apologized
  2. The Pentagon said any American damage or disrespect to a Qur'an was minor or accidental
  3. There are reports of prisoners mishandling the Qur'an
     • Note that for a Muslim to do this amounts to Qur'an desecration
     • an Islamic prisoner did the thing which Newsweek said an American did

Summary of csloat's suggestions:

1. Do not portray the desecration as something that never occurred
2. there's a lot in the current version that the above sketch has removed.

Summary of Ed's response:

1. Do not portray the desecration as something that never occurred.
   • describe its occurrence as controversial:
     1. US did it, according to X
     2. A prisoner did it, according to Y
     3. Never happened, according to Z (if any)
2. Do not portray the Pentagon report as final truth.
   • could simply be US government spin.