"Another group has forgotten the principle [from the Koran] of 'compassionate among themselves.' They reject and excommunicate the believers in Allah, the Koran...
Bound in goat leather and weighing 8.6 kilograms (19 pounds), the Koran was produced by Afghan artisans, many of them locally trained at British foundation Turquoise Mountain in Kabul.
The ceremony started by the recitation of Holy Koran verses, followed by a lecture given by academic Mohamed Khelil on "fanaticism and prevention means of this phenomenon by dialogue and education".
Summary: Police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators after they gathered to march on presidential palace, demanding arrest of four men they accused of seizing copies of Koran from mosque.