Just like some Americans cannot distinguish between the ideals represented by a flag and the pieces of cloth that sometimes get burned. The Afghan people are a very proud people. They have nothing else other than their pride and their religion. By defacing the Koran you are shitting all over anything that they have, leaving the expression of their frustration and outrage as understandable and expected. The asshole unchristian preacher knew this and is simply an attention whore. If everyone ignored him the whole issue would go away. He ghas freedom of speech but the media could simply decide that he is not newsworthy and ignore him so he can quietly crawl back under his favourite rock.