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A respected South African Muslim organization has turned to the courts to prevent a fellow-Muslim from burning bibles in retaliation¹ to threats by a United States pastor² to burn the Quran.

The Scholars for Truth, a respected Muslim organization in South Africa, is asking the courts to prevent Mohammed Vawda from burning bibles this Saturday in Johannesburg. The organization's lawyer, Zehir Omar, told the e-News Channel, Vawda will have to abide³ by the court's decision.

 

"I am going to ask court to interdict⁴ Mr. Vawda from continuing with his actions," Omar says. "If Mr. Vawda ignores the interdict he invariably faces arrest."

Omar said he would tell the judge Vawda would be inciting⁵ violence if he burnt the bibles, an action he said would also constitute blasphemy⁶.

Vawda told the e-News Channel he decided⁷ to burn the bibles in retaliation for the threats by U.S. Reverend Terry Jones to burn the Quran on the anniversary of the attack on the United States on September 11th, 2001.

"He has incited⁸ me, I have become infuriated and outraged," Vawda said.

Reverend Jones announced late Thursday he was suspending the burning of the Quran.

The Muslim Judicial⁹ Council in South Africa says that burning bibles is contrary to Islamic teachings and the Quran. Spokeswoman Nabeweya Mallick said the council will be addressing the issue directly with Vawda.

"So the actions of Mr. Vawda is totally one person and we totally are very, very disappointed in that and we will be addressing the matter as soon as possible and we will be having discussions with him," said Mallick.

Meanwhile Imtiaz Sooliman of the South African Islamic relief organization, Gift of the Givers, said people like Jones should be left to God. He added that real people of religion do not do things that cause conflict, rather he said, they seek to inspire compassion¹⁰, understanding and patience.
 

1 retaliation   

n.报复，反击

参考例句：

• retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
• He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 pastor   

n.牧师，牧人

参考例句：

• He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
• We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。

3 abide   

vi.遵守；坚持；vt.忍受

参考例句：

• You must abide by the results of your mistakes.你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。
• If you join the club,you have to abide by its rules.如果你参加俱乐部，你就得遵守它的规章。

4 interdict   

v.限制；禁止；n.正式禁止；禁令

参考例句：

• Troops could be ferried in to interdict drug shipments.可以把军队渡运过来阻截毒品的装运。
• Interdict could also be sought for the protection of public interests.禁令也可以用于保护公共利益。

5 inciting   

刺激的，煽动的

参考例句：

• What are you up to inciting mutiny and insubordination? 你们干吗在这里煽动骚动的叛乱呀。
• He was charged with inciting people to rebel. 他被控煽动民众起来叛乱。

6 blasphemy   

n.亵渎，渎神

参考例句：

• His writings were branded as obscene and a blasphemy against God.他的著作被定为淫秽作品，是对上帝的亵渎。
• You have just heard his blasphemy!你刚刚听到他那番亵渎上帝的话了！

7 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

8 incited   

刺激，激励，煽动( incite的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He incited people to rise up against the government. 他煽动人们起来反对政府。
• The captain's example incited the men to bravery. 船长的榜样激发了水手们的勇敢精神。

9 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

10 compassion   

n.同情，怜悯

参考例句：

• He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
• Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。