Burning Of Holy Quran Would Be 'Outrageous': Vatican

Burning Of Holy Quran Would Be 'Outrageous': Vatican: "The Vatican warned Wednesday that the planned mass-burning of copies of the Holy Quran by a small church in the southern US state of Florida on the ninth anniversary of the attacks of September 11 in 2001 attacks, would be 'an outrageous and grave gesture.'

The Vatican's 'Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue' said in a statement it viewed with 'great concern' the news of the proposed 'International Burn-a-Quran Day,'' scheduled for Saturday.

'Each religion, with its respective sacred books, places of worship and symbols, has the right to respect and protection,' the council, responsible for dialogue with other religions, said."