Planned holy Quran burning protested by Indonesian Muslims

Ahlul Bayt News Agency – ABNA - About 100 Indonesian Muslims demonstrated outside the US embassy in Jakarta on Friday and threatened "jihad" or holy war if any US Christian group proceeds with threats to publicly burn the holy Quran.

The Dove World Outreach Center's planned Quran burning on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks would unleash uncontrollable rage from Muslims around the world, a spokesman for the protesters warned.

"No one will be able to control this reaction," said Roni Ruslan of the Hizbut Tahrir (Sunni Sect), an international organisation that advocates the introduction of sharia or Islamic law.

"We urge the US government and Christian leaders to stop the crazy plan from this small sect. It's an insult to Islam and to 1.5 billion Muslims around the world," he added.

Protesters shouted "God is greater" while holding banners that read "Destroy burners of the Quran " and "Answer the Quran burning with Jihad".

Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim-majority country.