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Can the Quran Burning Be Stopped Before It Starts?

By Mara GaySep 8th 2010 – 4:05PM
John Raoux, AP

John Raoux, AP

(Sept. 8) -- Terry Jones has a constitutional right to burn the Quran, and there is very little the law can do to stop him. An uproar is growing as the Florida pastor moves forward with his plans to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by setting fire to copies of the Muslim holy book. But Jones' plan is...

Opinion: When Pastors Who Would Burn Qurans Become Celebrities

By Rabbi Shmuley BoteachSep 7th 2010 – 12:15PM

(Sept. 7) -- So, is that what it takes to become a celebrity these days? All you have to do is threaten to burn someone else's Bible, and declare their religion to be satanic, and you are instantly the center of the news? I wonder who is the bigger fool: Terry Jones, the Florida pastor of the Dove World Outreach Church,...

NATO Chief Condemns Planned Quran Burning

By Andrea StoneSep 7th 2010 – 11:15AM
John Raoux. AP

John Raoux. AP

WASHINGTON (Sept. 7) -- NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who once defended the publication of cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad, is condemning a Florida pastor's plan to burn Qurans on the ninth anniversary of 9/11, saying it could "have a negative impact on the security for our troops" fighting in...

Petraeus: Quran Burning Could Endanger US Troops

By David KnowlesSep 6th 2010 – 1:00PM
Dusan Vranic, AP

Dusan Vranic, AP

(Sept. 6) -- Throughout history, whenever books have been set on fire, passions have been unleashed. In Gainesville, Fla., a pastor's plan to hold a public burning of Qurans to mark the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks has already set off angry protests from Afghanistan to Indonesia and elicited a formal...

Background on burn a quran day

Dove World Outreach Center is a 50 member non-denominational charismatic Christian church in Gainesville, Florida led by pastor Terry Jones and his wife, Sylvia.

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