Well, like every country whose ground he kisses, there's probably something good in it. Anyway, like the article says, it was a mistake, a confusion over protocol.
I'm certain that he did not intend to give the impression that he considers the Koran to be on the same level as the Bible.
Is Islam a road to hell or not? Is the gospel contained in the Koran or a false path?
"But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed." -- Galatians 1:8
Accursed not kissed!