Gitmo Koran Etiquette
The Red Star posted a section of this Military U.S. Southern Command News Release in their Question and Answer section inside the front page, Part A, on Friday. The question was about proper Koran etiquette at Gitmo. Since this defies belief (no pun intended), we encourage you to check out the whole thing, but here's a slice:
June 3, 2005 Enclosure 2: Excerpts from Joint Task Force Guantanamo Headquarters, Detention Operations Group Standard Operating Procedures, 01 FEB 05
[snip]
[begin appeasement]
b. Handling.
(1) Clean gloves will be put on in full view of the detainees prior to handling.
(2) Two hands will be used at all times when handling the Koran in manner signaling respect and reverence. Care should be used so that the right hand is the primary one used to manipulate any part of the Koran due to the cultural association with the left hand. Handle the Koran as if it were a fragile piece of delicate art.
(3) Ensure that the Koran is not placed in offensive areas such as the floor, near the toilet or sink, near the feet, or dirty/wet areas.
c. Removal.
(1) Korans must be transported by the detainee, in the event the detainee is moved to another cell or block.
(2) If a Koran must be removed at the direction the CJDOG, the detainee library personnel, Muslim interpreter, or Chaplain will be contacted to retrieve and properly store the Koran in the detainee library. The request for the librarian, interpreter, or Chaplain, as well as the retrieval itself, will be logged in DIMS.
(3) If the Chaplain, librarian, or Muslim interpreter, within the needs of the situation, cannot remove the Koran, then the guard may remove the Koran after approved by the DOC (who notes this in the DIMS) IAW the following procedures:
(a) Clean gloves will be put on in full view of the detainees prior to handling.
(b) Two hands will be used at all times when handling the Koran in manner signaling respect and reverence.
(c) Place a clean, dry, detainee towel on the detainee bed and then place the Koran on top of the clean towel in a manner, which allows it to be wrapped without turning the Koran over at any time in a reverent manner. Ensure that the Koran is not placed in offensive areas such as the floor, near the toilet or sink, near the feet, or dirty/wet area when doing this activity.
(4) How the detainee reacted, observation by other detainees, and other potentially relevant observations will be annotated appropriately in the DIMS significant activities menu.
(5) The Koran shall be returned to the librarian, Chaplain, or DOC (in that order). (6) Korans are the property of the U.S. Government and as such will remain in the cells only to be removed at the CJDOG’s decision.
(7) If a Koran is damaged or destroyed by a detainee, the chaplain in conjunction with a Muslim interpreter will take the Koran from the detainee for a minimum of ten days noted in DIMS. At that point, the chaplain can reissue the Koran to the detainee. The chaplain must ensure the block knows the Koran is being taken to protect the Koran, not punish the detainee.
[/end appeasement]
Rambix is glad that our military guidelines for the Koran generally comport with the manner is which the Bible is respected throughout the world. And of course when the terrorists blow up mosques, we know that the destruction of the Korans contained therein is purely accidental.
Because the Religion of Peace has shown so much respect to the Bible over the years, and because we should treat our little terrorist friends fairly, Rambix has come up with an idea: The Gitmo and Abu Ghraib guards should remove the blasphemous pre-printed Korans from the prisoners for safe storage in the nearest latrine, and allow prisoners to re-create the text by hand, and from memory.
Rambix thinks it would be fun to make a contest out of the activity: Once a prisoner has recreated 100 mistake-free Korans by hand and from memory, at that time the prisoner will then be freed!
Yay! What fun for the prisoners!
June 3, 2005 Enclosure 2: Excerpts from Joint Task Force Guantanamo Headquarters, Detention Operations Group Standard Operating Procedures, 01 FEB 05
[snip]
[begin appeasement]
b. Handling.
(1) Clean gloves will be put on in full view of the detainees prior to handling.
(2) Two hands will be used at all times when handling the Koran in manner signaling respect and reverence. Care should be used so that the right hand is the primary one used to manipulate any part of the Koran due to the cultural association with the left hand. Handle the Koran as if it were a fragile piece of delicate art.
(3) Ensure that the Koran is not placed in offensive areas such as the floor, near the toilet or sink, near the feet, or dirty/wet areas.
c. Removal.
(1) Korans must be transported by the detainee, in the event the detainee is moved to another cell or block.
(2) If a Koran must be removed at the direction the CJDOG, the detainee library personnel, Muslim interpreter, or Chaplain will be contacted to retrieve and properly store the Koran in the detainee library. The request for the librarian, interpreter, or Chaplain, as well as the retrieval itself, will be logged in DIMS.
(3) If the Chaplain, librarian, or Muslim interpreter, within the needs of the situation, cannot remove the Koran, then the guard may remove the Koran after approved by the DOC (who notes this in the DIMS) IAW the following procedures:
(a) Clean gloves will be put on in full view of the detainees prior to handling.
(b) Two hands will be used at all times when handling the Koran in manner signaling respect and reverence.
(c) Place a clean, dry, detainee towel on the detainee bed and then place the Koran on top of the clean towel in a manner, which allows it to be wrapped without turning the Koran over at any time in a reverent manner. Ensure that the Koran is not placed in offensive areas such as the floor, near the toilet or sink, near the feet, or dirty/wet area when doing this activity.
(4) How the detainee reacted, observation by other detainees, and other potentially relevant observations will be annotated appropriately in the DIMS significant activities menu.
(5) The Koran shall be returned to the librarian, Chaplain, or DOC (in that order). (6) Korans are the property of the U.S. Government and as such will remain in the cells only to be removed at the CJDOG’s decision.
(7) If a Koran is damaged or destroyed by a detainee, the chaplain in conjunction with a Muslim interpreter will take the Koran from the detainee for a minimum of ten days noted in DIMS. At that point, the chaplain can reissue the Koran to the detainee. The chaplain must ensure the block knows the Koran is being taken to protect the Koran, not punish the detainee.
[/end appeasement]
Rambix is glad that our military guidelines for the Koran generally comport with the manner is which the Bible is respected throughout the world. And of course when the terrorists blow up mosques, we know that the destruction of the Korans contained therein is purely accidental.
Because the Religion of Peace has shown so much respect to the Bible over the years, and because we should treat our little terrorist friends fairly, Rambix has come up with an idea: The Gitmo and Abu Ghraib guards should remove the blasphemous pre-printed Korans from the prisoners for safe storage in the nearest latrine, and allow prisoners to re-create the text by hand, and from memory.
Rambix thinks it would be fun to make a contest out of the activity: Once a prisoner has recreated 100 mistake-free Korans by hand and from memory, at that time the prisoner will then be freed!
Yay! What fun for the prisoners!
posted by Rambix at 10:23 PM
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