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Planning a Quran Burning Is Costly, Plus 5 Other Lessons Terry Jones Taught Us

(Sept. 21) -- America's favorite controversial, mustachioed pastor, Terry Jones, learned a hard lesson today: Quran burnings are expensive. And now that the hullabaloo over his planned sacrilegious bonfire has died down, it might be a good time to ask what other lessons he has taken from his experience. But since Jones has...

Florida Pastor May Reconsider Cancellation of Quran Burning

(Sept. 9) -- A Christian pastor today canceled his controversial plan to burn copies of the Quran, saying he had received a "sign from God" when a Muslim cleric agreed to move an Islamic center planned for a site near ground zero in New York. But the cleric said there was no such deal, and the preacher later said he was...

Did Media Devote Too Much Attention to Quran Burning?

(Sept. 9) -- The Rev. Terry Jones has about 50 members in his church, but his bully pulpit is much, much larger. News of the preacher's plan to burn the Quran on Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, dominated the 24-hour news cycle. It sparked fears of violence and prompted public figures ranging from...

State Department Issues Travel Warning Over Quran Burning

(Sept. 9) -- Another hour, another warning about the dangers of burning the Quran. Today, the U.S. Department of State issued a travel warning for Americans traveling abroad based on this weekend's proposed burning of copies of the Muslim holy book at the Dove World Outreach Center church in Gainesville, Fla. The...

Obama Urges Fla. Pastor to Cancel Quran Burning

(Sept. 9) -- President Barack Obama called upon a Florida pastor not to burn the Quran, denouncing the act as "completely contrary to our values" and warning that it could become a "recruitment bonanza" for al-Qaida. "If he's listening, I just hope he understands that what he's proposing to do is completely contrary to...

Background on dove world outreach center

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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