It is regretable that a 'man of God' thinks that such a petulent act of rebellion will be interpereted by any radical Muslims as a sign of defiance.
One of the main reasons for the conflict between radical Muslims and the West, is the wilful inability of Western politicians and media to grasp the concept of faith in the lives of Muslim people.
For most Chrisitan people, their faith is a part of their life, which hopefully they practice in an atmosphere of tolerence and love - to do any other would be to miss the point of Christian teaching.
For most Muslim people, their faith IS their life, woven into the fabric of their daily life to a far more intense level.
If you add the extremist mind-set, you have a body of people who will cheefully die for their beliefs, and ensure that anyone whom they see as offending their faith dies as well. It is a level of inborn hatred that is difficult for the average Westerner to understand.
To invade the territory of such extremists is simply to convince them even more of the justice of their actions - to burn their scriptures will simply enforce their belief that the West hates Islam and revenge is appropriate.
The misguided actions of this foolish and naiive minister will undoubtedly cause a reaction - and it is not going to be the 'Heavens, what were we thinking of! The West is right, we are all murderers, we must stop right now ...' he imagines, rather more the 'Another act of infamy by the infidels, which must be revenged ... let's kill an invading soldier each, to make us feel vindicated ...'
Can this minister really think that his proposal is going be helpful in any way, other than the self-aggradisment he will receive?