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⚫ | {{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/us.military.Bibles.burned/ |title=Military burns unsolicited Bibles sent to Afghanistan |date=2009-05-22 |publisher=[[CNN]] |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20140214082050/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/us.military.bibles.burned/ |archivedate=February 14, 2014 |deadurl=yes |quote='This was irresponsible and dangerous journalism sensationalizing year-old footage of a religious service for U.S. soldiers on a U.S. base and inferring that troops are evangelizing to Afghans,' Col. Gregory Julian said. |accessdate=2009-05-26 }} </ref><ref name=Fox2009-5-20>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/04/military-accused-handing-Bibles-Afghanistan/ |title=U.S. Military Accused of Handing Out Bibles in Afghanistan |date=2009-05-04 |author= |publisher=[[Fox News]] |accessdate=2009-05-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20090509164004/http://www.foxnews.com:80/politics/2009/05/04/military-accused-handing-bibles-afghanistan/ |archivedate=May 9, 2009 }}</ref><ref name=Forward> |
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In May 2009 it was made public that Christian groups had published Bibles in the Pashtun language and the Dari language, intended to convert Afghans from Islam to Christianity.[1][2][3][4] The Bibles were sent to soldiers at the Bagram Air Base. American military authorities report that Bible distribution was not official policy, and when a chaplain became aware of the soldiers' plans the Bibles were confiscated and, eventually, burned.
Al Jazeera's English service were the first to break the story.[2] The story they reported included footage of a religious service for soldiers that appeared to show soldiers being encouraged to proselytize. American authorities claimed the footage from the religious service took place a year before its broadcast, and had been taken out of context.
Further reading
References
- ^ "US burns Bibles in Afghanistan row". Al Jazeera. 2009-05-22. Archived from the original on 2009-05-26.
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"Military burns unsolicited Bibles sent to Afghanistan". CNN. 2009-05-22. Archived from the original on February 14, 2014. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
'This was irresponsible and dangerous journalism sensationalizing year-old footage of a religious service for U.S. soldiers on a U.S. base and inferring that troops are evangelizing to Afghans,' Col. Gregory Julian said.
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"Bad Faith Efforts at Bagram". The Forward. 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
"These special forces guys — they hunt men basically," an American military chaplain is heard saying. "We do the same things as Christians, we hunt people for Jesus. We do, we hunt them down."