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Controversial Florida Pastor Barred From Britain

LONDON -- A U.S. pastor who had threatened to burn a Quran on an anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has been barred from visiting Britain, its government said Wednesday. Florida pastor Terry Jones had planned to address a right-wing group, England is Ours, and join it for meetings and demonstrations from...

Pastor Awarded Car for Canceling Quran Burning

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (Oct. 15) - A New Jersey car dealer plans to keep his word after offering Florida pastor Terry Jones a new car if he promised to not burn a Quran. Car dealer Brad Benson made the offer in one of his dealership's quirky radio ads, which focus more on current events than cars. But he was surprised when...

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 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...