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Florida church plans Qur'an burning on 9/11 anniversary
by Joseph Ernest August 2, 2010
Updated September 8, 2010
Newscast Media Gainesville, Fla -- I first reported on this story over a month ago as the mainstream media ignored it. Well, the Florida pastor says the burning of the Quran will continue. His church plans to commemorate the September 11 attacks by burning Qurans, which has caused such a stir and even condemnation from some Christian groups. Pastor Terry Jones said on Wednesday that his plan to burn the Islamic holy book is intended to draw attention to his belief that "something's wrong."
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the plan "disgraceful".
On Monday, General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, warned troops' lives would be in danger if the church went through with its bonfire. US Attorney General, Eric Holder, called the idea "idiotic and dangerous".
The National Association of Evangelicals said, "The proposed burning of Qurans would be profoundly offensive to Muslims worldwide, just as Christians would be insulted by the burning of Bibles. Such an act would escalate tensions between members of the two faiths in the United States and around the world."
On a Facebook page, The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., announced its plans "in remembrance of the fallen victims of 9/11 and to stand against the evil of Islam," reads the announcement." "Islam is of the devil!"
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NAE president Leith Anderson has asked the church to cancel the plans. "The most powerful statement by the organizers of the planned Sept.
11th bonfire would be to call it off in the name and love of Jesus Christ," said Anderson.
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NAE was joined by The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights organization, joined the NAE in condemning the plans.
"The burning of the book holy to the world's Muslims is morally repugnant," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the center's associate dean, and Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein, the center's interfaith director, in a statement. "We urge leaders of this church to cancel this despicable act, which will certainly spawn a wave of new recruits for Islamist extremism and terrorism." Add Comments>>
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