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US pastor not to burn Quran Not Today, Not Ever
2010-09-11
[The News (Pak)] The on again, off again, on again Koran burning in Florida is off again, this time for good says infamous pastor Terry Jones.

After two days of sending mixed signals, the Florida pastor, who caused a furor with his plans to burn copies of the holy Quran, has indefinitely canceled the globally-condemned scheme.

"Not today, not ever...We're not going to go back and do it. It is totally canceled," Terry Jones said Saturday during an appearance on NBC's "Today" show.

On Thursday, Florida pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center had only put his Quran burning plans, slated to coincide with the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington, on hold.

The US State Department also called the move "un-American," while the US Attorney General Eric Holder called the idea "idiotic and dangerous."

EU Foreign Affairs Chief Catherine Ashton condemned the scheme, while Arab League chief Amr Moussa dubbed Jones as a "fanatic."

The Vatican council blasted the Florida church's scheme as an "outrageous and grave gesture."

The move triggered protests in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Indonesia.
"We will definitely not burn the Quran, no," he said. "Not today, not ever."
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Posted by: gorb   2010-09-11 21:16  

#3  Pussy.
Posted by: DarthVader   2010-09-11 20:14  

#2  The time to have decided to not burn the Crayon was before announcing you were going to do it in the first place. Now it will be interpreted that you changed your mind because you were afraid of the wrath of the Muslims or Allan - you succumbed to US governemtn demands that were made because THEY were afraid of the Muslims or Allan.
Posted by: Glenmore   2010-09-11 19:17  

#1  This will be more than made up for, because all the excited dhimmitude is going to stimulate hundreds of others to burn Korans, to show their defiance. And if Holder sends FBI agents to threaten them as well, there is a good chance that they will set up video cameras to record them.

After, of course, the official denials that they were threatened.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-09-11 19:07  

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