A South African court on Saturday blocked a Muslim businessman of Indian-origin from burning a copy of the Bible here in response to an American pastors threat to burn copies of the Koran on the ninth anniversary of 9 Johannesburg High Court issued an urgent interdict blocking Mohammed Vawdas plan to burn copies of the Bible on the lawns of a public square here. The court ruling came on a petition filed by Scholars for Truth,an Islamic Intellectual Organisation,seeking its intervention on the issue. Vawda said he embarked on the Bible-burning plan after he was angered and outraged by Florida pastor Terry Joness decision and his refusal to change his plan even at the request of US President Barack Obama. (The) applicants brought to my attention verses of the Koran that I was not aware of. The Koran says the Gospel is part of the Koran,so if I burnt the Bible,I would be burning the Koran, Vawda said.
