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Pastor Who Threatened to Burn Quran Now Threatening to Move Church

(Sept. 17) -- The radical Christian pastor who threatened to burn copies of the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks says he plans to move his church. Terry Jones, the 58-year-old leader of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., says his small congregation may move to the Tampa area by the...

Preacher 'Prays' About His Decision to Burn Qurans

(Sept. 7) -- The Rev. Terry Jones said today he is "praying" about his decision to burn copies of the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, but made his comments in front of a sign suggesting that he would move forward with it despite warnings from top military officials that doing so would endanger U.S....

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The Dove World Quran-burning controversy arose in July 2010, when Terry Jones, the pastor of the Christian Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, U.S., announced he would burn 200 Qurans on the 2010 anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

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