Leaflets depicting a dog bearing a passage from the Qur’an is latest in series of perceived insults by coalition forces
The US military in Afghanistan has apologised for distributing propaganda leaflets featuring a passage from the Qur’an superimposed on to the image of a dog, which could cause offence to Muslims.
In a statement early on Wednesday, before the leaflet drop became widely known, the US military said the incident had been a mistake.
The leaflets depict a lion chasing a dog bearing a Qur’anic passage that appears on banners used by Taliban militants. However, the passage used is also the basic Islamic statement of faith, and associating one of Islam’s most sacred texts with a dog, considered unclean in Islam, could cause offence.
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