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- noun Plural form of
Koran .
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Examples
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Although it's grossly insensitive to many people's beliefs, if the first amendment is real, and if you have no problem with flag burning as far as the first amendment is concerned, or Nazis marching in Skokie Illinois (ACLU first amendment cases that were decided in favor of free speech) then I think our system could stomach a lunatic who wants to burn "Korans".
Notes in Samsara 2010
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Last week a mosque in the village of Beit Fajjar near Bethlehem was torched, the fourth in the past year ( "Korans burnt in West Bank mosque attack").
Osamah Khalil: Above the Law: Israeli Settlements & the End of the Two-State Solution Osamah Khalil 2010
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If we allow Christian flags at public memorials, then I'm going to start putting Torahs in every courthouse and Korans in every public high school locker room.
Grant Lyon: Separation of Church and State Invoked Over Christian Flags in Tennessee and Classrooms in America Grant Lyon 2010
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"For six hours, I saw pictures and names and dates and facts and Islamic law books and Korans, Surahs for six hours and they proved to me... that the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated our highest positions in government and this is serious."
Victoria Jackson: Muslim Brotherhood Taking Over America, Six Hour FBI Meeting 2011
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If we allow Christian flags at public memorials, then I'm going to start putting Torahs in every courthouse and Korans in every public high school locker room.
Grant Lyon: Separation of Church and State Invoked Over Christian Flags in Tennessee and Classrooms in America Grant Lyon 2010
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The pastor of a tiny church in Florida garnered international attention when he threatened to burn a pile of Korans on the anniversary of Sept. 11.
Rep. Peter King's Muslim hearings: A key moment in an angry conversation 2011
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That morning, a group with the Center for Security Policy and Frank Gaffney and a separate group with Terry Jones, the pastor best known for threatening to burn Korans, arrived at the White House to make statements against the Sharia laws.
Anti-Muslim videos spark anger; pro-Muslim rally planned for March 6 (#mar6) 2011
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Last week a mosque in the village of Beit Fajjar near Bethlehem was torched, the fourth in the past year ( "Korans burnt in West Bank mosque attack").
Osamah Khalil: Above the Law: Israeli Settlements & the End of the Two-State Solution Osamah Khalil 2010
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The pastor of a tiny church in Florida garnered international attention when he threatened to burn a pile of Korans on the anniversary of Sept. 11.
Rep. Peter King's Muslim hearings: A key moment in an angry conversation 2011
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If we allow Christian flags at public memorials, then I'm going to start putting Torahs in every courthouse and Korans in every public high school locker room.
Grant Lyon: Separation of Church and State Invoked Over Christian Flags in Tennessee and Classrooms in America Grant Lyon 2010
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