I would be disturbed hearing that too -- I think anyone would. It's not the belief, but the blind devotion to it. Burning a book to push your agenda is not okay, and to see someone so far-gone that they don't see the destructive and unnecessary nature of their actions ... is just frightening.

I'm also reminded of this post from my friend's blog. I'm just going to copypaste it --

"One of Jihan’s neighbours made a wreath out of pages from a couple books. At first I thought it was just one, and I got super offended because no one should ever destroy books for any reason, then I realized it was more than one book and got even angrier.

I don’t prescribe to any sort of organized religious belief, but I do believe in books. The destruction of them should be a punishable offence."