And the US military have been abusing our faith, Qur'an, beliefs and mosques ever since 9/11 without any sort of great outpouring from any of us Muslims.But when the former Pakistan cricketer Imran Khan waved an article from the American magazine Newsweek revealing the Qur'anic abuse in Guantanamo earlier this month all hell broke loose.From Afghanistan, through Pakistan, across Indonesia, Nigeria and the Middle East brothers and sisters took to the streets and protested - some quietly, some violently and some loudly.Hundreds were injured and several were killed as authorities on the ground clashed with protestors.This, I felt, was some sort of a comeback for American journalism until shocked Newsweek executives began to put a distance between themselves and the story. Then an apology followed - gutless, or what?Well, in the interests of good journalism, let's put the record straight in the pages of Muslims Weekly, shall we?

That Newsweek story was true. And according to one former Guantanamo detainee from Britain - Martin Mubanga - the article was simply the tip of a Titanic-sized iceberg.Not only had he heard of the 'flushing incident' he witnessed Qur'anic abuse firsthand when yobs in uniform stormed his cage and threw the Holy book on to the floor. He was even beaten up by them for protesting.This was not a one off. From Cuba to Abu Ghraib, from Baghdad to Basra, Kabul to Kandahar there have been many cases of US military abusing Islam ... until now that is. Somehow, I don't think they will dare do it again.Thanks to the heroic actions of ordinary brothers and sisters across the globe I think they and the White House junta have finally got the message ... STOP ABUSING OUR FAITH.Check out the pictures on my website www.yvonneridley.com and you will see several examples of pictures of US forces showing no respect for Islam. I still shudder when I see the uniformed US military with their dirty boots stomping all over an Iraqi masjid. If you have anymore examples please send them to the site's webmaster.

The message is quite clear now - we Muslims have had enough of the disrespect shown towards us and our faith.Now that we have shown our mettle over the desecration of the Qur'an isn't it about time we began to rise up and march over the cold-blooded murder of our brothers and sisters in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Chechnya, Uzbekistan, Thailand, Kashmir, Indonesia, Sudan et al?Well last week we had a glimpse, a rare insight of what we can achieve when we rise up as one.Could this be the start of a new Islamic revolution? Last week a sleeping giant began to stir across the Muslim world and it scared the hell of out the imperialistic bully boys.The great only seem great when they keep us on our knees.* Yvonne Ridley is the political editor of The Islam Channel and her current affairs show, The Agenda, goes out weekdays at 10am and 10pm GMT on the satellite station www.islamchannel.tv

by Yvonne Ridley taken from cageprisoners.com