Quraan Burning Plan in Florida to commemorate 9/11

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I wonder if that stupid and retard person is inviting wrath of Allah. Not only this will invite bloody reaction from Muslims all over the world but it will also create ripples in the lives of Muslims, living in the USA. I hope that this will never happen.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100908/pl_yblog_upshot/even-pastors-old-church-condemns-quran-burning

It’s increasingly looking as though the only spiritual or political figure who will not denounce Florida pastor Terry Jones’ plan to commemorate Sept. 11 by burning copies of the Quran is Jones himself. Wednesday brings the news that even the church Jones founded in Germany in the 1980s is condemning the upcoming Quran-burning at his small place of worship in Gainesville, Fla.

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Church leaders rally, speak out against anti-Muslim rhetoric

                By Matthew Davies, September 08, 2010

“While anti-Muslim sentiments, as misguided as they are, are not new to our country, they have become more common, seemingly more accepted, and, thus, more dangerous,” the group said. “People of all religions, including Christians, Jews, Muslims, Baha’is, Sikhs, Hindus and Buddhists should be able to live and flourish in the United States. We are a country founded on religious freedom. It’s what makes us great; it’s what stokes our democracy; it’s what helps keep us humane.”

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_124391_ENG_HTM.htm

I don’t see it happening

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So some asshole is going to have a group of his bigot friends over, have a bonfire in his backyard, and burn some Quraans, oh the humanity! /Sarc

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The pope and leader of the church he is part of also spoke against this idea. But he is still going ahead with it. US and allied forces better be ready for repercussion.

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hmm..kind of laton ke bhoot ...quite sick of this person if he calls himself religious leader..( i read somewhere he has around 50 or so followers)

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it is interesting how upset people get over the burning of a book by some moron or when some paper publishes some cartoons to get a reaction. compare that to the (lack of a) reaction when when there is a suicide bombing a day and dozens of innocents die. our priorities are all fked up.

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I agree somewhat. How about similarly protesting the election of criminals, thugs and warlords to the parliament?

Oh, but wait -- some of us actually SUPPORT those people, so forget any protests!

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before sept 11 i'm pretty sure the officials will get a hold of this guy and stop this nonsense from taking place. This man's doing it just to get publicity, he doesn't have the guts to go through with it and even if he still tries to do it, other christian leaders in the country will talk him out of it, it's lunacy and i just can't see it happening in the united states. :(

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i hope Muslims gather around his church and hold banners reading "we LOVE Jesus". Maybe he will feel bad?

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^ Muslims do not HAVE to hold that banner. They already do.

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This guy is a joke ! Listen to this interview -

On our end we shouldn’t protest or raise slogans. its Allahs book, and He will protect it from such harms.

more coming up on MTA…](http://www.mta.tv/thetruth/)

thanks for opening this thread.

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People focus too much on hate groups like this paster from FL & miss out on news like this.

Heartsong Church Welcomes Memphis Islamic Center (VIDEO)
Huffington Post | Adam J. Rose First Posted: 09- 9-10 02:43 AM | Updated: 09- 9-10 03:29 AM
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As a controversial pastor prepares to burn copies of the Quran in Florida, he might be able to use some advice from the people of Tennessee. They know a thing or two about fires.

The burning crosses of the Ku Klux Klan trace their heritage to Pulaski. Arson is blamed for damage to a mosque construction site last month in Murfreesboro. University students in Knoxville couldn’t even resist setting mattresses ablaze when their football coach ditched them for another job in January.

Something is again burning bright in Tennessee, but this time it’s a beacon of hope.

If only Terry Jones, the firebrand behind “International Burn a Koran Day,” were going to Graceland. A small detour could lead him to the doorstep of fellow Pastor Steve Stone.

When Stone read in the newspaper that a new Memphis Islamic Center was coming to town, he scrambled to make a sign and took to the street.

“Heartsong Church welcomes Memphis Islamic Center to the neighborhood.”

This sign hasn’t received much attention since it went up a year and a half ago. Certainly not as much as those carried outside Park51’s proposed Cordoba House, two blocks from Ground Zero in lower Manhattan, a thousand miles from Memphis, and a world apart from Heartsong’s hospitality.

Stone’s counterpart, Dr. Bashar Shala, was overwhelmed by the reception. The sign was only the start of a heartwarming relationship that formed between the two communities. Heartsong eventually decided to let the Islamic Center use their hall while building a new facility.

Besides bringing their own constituencies together for some interfaith activities, Shala and Stone have gone public together with their example. They appeared on MSNBC’s “Countdown” on Wednesday night.

The conversation with host Keith Olbermann covered everything from their own all-American tale to foreign reaction to Jones’s plan for the upcoming anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Stone found one more example that should resonate with observers:

“I heard [Jones] on a station the other day saying about radical Islamists that ‘these are people you just cannot reason with.’ And I thought that was the pot calling the kettle black.”

WATCH:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677//vp/39069769#39069769

Stone doesn’t stand alone. Last week, he blogged that, “The majority of the response both locally, nationally and internationally has been positive and affirming. And honestly, that has been both surprising and heartening to me. My guess would be that 90+% have responded that way.”

The Memphis Commercial Appeal recently trumpeted a separate local gathering of 150 supporters after the arson in Murfreesboro. Attendees brought their own signs, with slogans like “We’re all in this together” and “My God is not a bigot.”

There are some things in Memphis that can put a smile on your face and locals look down on burning. And it’s not just their world famous BBQ.

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Wait so we are supposed to cheer on normal decent interaction? Good grief. How pathetic have we become that we consider interaction between two faiths and the representatives something to highlight and praise :rolleyes:

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hez a mother f***er... May ALLAH swt burn him wid hiz followers b4 he cud commit dis sin... Ameen.... Damned person.... Really want em 2 b ruined

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Why not? It beats highlighting some clown for doing something hateful.

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See that is pathetic. The day that some Americans think that normal interaction between faith is a cheering event. Normal human decency should be the norm and expected. Not treated as a rare commodity.

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Hell, I'll cheer when we get a day that a Muslim doesn't blow up another group of Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pathetic? Perhaps. Reality, Absolutely.

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Obama implores minister to call off Quran burning

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100909/i/r3401425005.jpg?x=213&y=172&xc=1&yc=1&wc=410&hc=331&q=85&sig=HazUOtnF0g5FlsToGoD70w– Reuters – U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the economy at the Cuyahoga Community College West Campus in …

                                                                                                  –     Thu Sep 9, 7:25 am ET
                             WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_quran_burning_obama#)  is exhorting a Florida minister to "listen to those better angels" and  call off his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest this weekend.
             Obama](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_quran_burning_obama#)  told ABC's "Good Morning America" in an interview aired Thursday that  he hopes the Rev. Terry Jones of Florida listens to the pleas of people  who have asked him to call off the plan. The president called it a  "stunt."
             "If he's listening, I hope he understands that what  he's proposing to do is completely contrary to our values as Americans,"  Obama said. "That this country has been built on the notion of freedom  and religious tolerance."
             "And as a very practical matter, I just want him to  understand that this stunt that he is talking about pulling could  greatly endanger our young men and women who are in uniform," the  president added.
             Said Obama](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_quran_burning_obama#):  "Look, this is a recruitment bonanza for Al Qaida. You could have  serious violence in places like Pakistan and Afghanistan." The president  also said Jones' plan, if carried out, could serve as an incentive for  terrorist-minded individuals "to blow themselves up" to kill others.
             "I hope he listens to those better angels and  understands that this is a destructive act that he's engaging in," the  president said of Jones.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_quran_burning_obama

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Why muslims give this idiot attention the american media show this idiot all over the news and expect muslims to go crazy and guess what they got what they wanted muslims going crazy like mad people!

Let this non muslim burn the koran it better it burnt then in his hands islamically you can bury or burn islamic literature.

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Can anyone make sense out of above comment? I don't know what he wants to say?