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Florida Preacher on Quran Burning: 'Not Ever'

(Sept. 11) -- The Florida pastor who threatened to burn Korans to mark 9/11 and in the process became the center of a domestic and global maelstrom said Saturday morning that he had definitively canceled the book burning because he had accomplished his mission of revealing Islam to harbor dangerous elements. "Not today,...

Fla. Pastor: 'We Will Definitely Not Burn the Quran'

(Sept. 11) -- The radical Florida pastor who threatened a bonfire of Islam's holy book, sparking worldwide condemnation and violent protests in Afghanistan, said today that he's called off the event permanently. "We will definitely not burn the Quran," the Rev. Terry Jones told NBC's "Today" show this morning. When asked...

New York Imam Has No Plans To Meet With Fla. Pastor

(Sept. 10) -- The imam behind the controversial effort to build an Islamic cultural center near the World Trade Center site has no plans to meet with the Florida pastor who had vowed to burn the Quran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. "I am prepared to consider meeting with anyone who is seriously committed to...

Florida Pastor Says Quran Burning May Still Happen

(Sept. 10) -- Florida Pastor Terry Jones, who announced Thursday he was canceling plans to burn 200 copies of the Koran in a protest against Islam, back-pedaled on Thursday night and said he was just putting his plans "on hold" for the time being. The preacher, who caused an international uproar when he said he would burn...

Terry Jones Cancels Quran Burning Cancellation: So Wait, Is It Back On?

(Sept. 9) To burn or not to burn, that is the question. On Tuesday, would-be Quran-burning Pastor Terry Jones, leader of the decidedly non-mainstream Dove World Outreach Center christian church, said he would consider the vehement objections of numerous other high profile figures and pray before making his final decision...