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| Minister cancels 9/11 Koran burning |
| 2010-09-09 |
| GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The minister of a Florida church said he has canceled plans to burn copies of the Quran because the leader of a much-opposed plan to build an Islamic Center near ground zero has agreed to move its location. The agreement couldn't be immediately confirmed. The Rev. Terry Jones said Thursday that Americans oppose the mosque being built at the location and that Muslims do not want the Quran burned. He said instead of his plan to burn the books on Saturday to mark the ninth anniversary of 9/11, he will be flying to New York to speak to Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf about moving the mosque. Jones said Imam Muhammad Musri of the Islamic Society of Central Florida told him that officials would guarantee that the mosque would be moved. "I asked him three times, and I have witnesses," Jones said. "If it's not moved, then I think Islam is a very poor example of religion. I think that would be very pitiful. I do not expect that." I'll believe that when I see it... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #13 Make up posters with some of the more offensive verses and burn them on youtube, since it isn't news anymore according to the MSM. They burn a US flag, we burn one of their theocratic verses. |
| Posted by: KBK 2010-09-09 23:02 |
| #12 hmm a pious muslim lying? It's almost as if they're encouraged to by their "good book"™ |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-09-09 22:34 |
| #11 "NYSlimes is reporting it's cancelled after Jones got a call from Sec'y. Gates." Oh, puh-leeze. And I can get you a good deal on a bridge, too.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-09-09 21:54 |
| #10 Koran burning may be on again. |
| Posted by: Ominous1 2010-09-09 21:38 |
| #9 NYSlimes is reporting it's cancelled after Jones got a call from Sec'y. Gates. |
| Posted by: Infidel 2010-09-09 21:09 |
| #8 Pastor says Quran-burning suspended, not canceled The anti-Muslim leader of a tiny Florida church says he was lied to and is rethinking his decision to cancel burning Qurans to mark 9/11. Pastor Terry Jones earlier Thursday had backed off his threat to burn the Quran after he said he was promised that a planned Islamic center and mosque would be moved away from New York's ground zero. Muslim leaders denied there was such a deal. Later outside his church he said that the imam he thought he made the deal with "clearly, clearly lied to us" about moving the mosque. Jones and Imam Muhammad Musri stood side by side in a news conference where the pastor said he would cancel Saturday's event. Musri later told The Associated Press there was only an agreement for him and Jones to travel to New York and meet Saturday with the imam overseeing plans to build a mosque near ground zero. |
| Posted by: tipper 2010-09-09 21:03 |
| #7 and in pure muslim style, Masri is now backtracking and claims he didn't say the mosque would be moved. Just that he opposed the location of the mosque himself and promised a meeting with the builder to discuss moving it. Yet I'm sure what he said to Jones is exactly as Jones declares and what Masri said to the media and listening muslims was quite different. But now the link has been made between the mosque and the firepit, events are likely to escalate. Jones will retract his cancellation and so it goes. |
| Posted by: Swanimote 2010-09-09 20:55 |
| #6 Jones' neighbors in Gainesville, a city of 125,000 anchored by the sprawling University of Florida campus, also have said they disapprove. At least two dozen Christian churches, Jewish temples and Muslim organizations in the city have mobilized to plan inclusive events — some will read from the Quran at their own weekend services. Just as long as they read those parts of the Quran that no knowledgeable Muslim would disagree with. “Muslims are the vilest of animals…” “Show mercy to one another, but be ruthless to Muslims” “How perverse are Muslims!” “Strike off the heads of Muslims, as well as their fingertips” “Fight those Muslims who are near to you” “Muslim mischief makers should be murdered or crucified” |
| Posted by: tipper 2010-09-09 19:54 |
| #5 There goes the hot dog cookout........ |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2010-09-09 19:14 |
| #4 Trump's offer has been turned down. Mohammedans do not surrender. Infidels are the ones to be put into submission, Mr. Trump. |
| Posted by: Oscar Glusotch4999 2010-09-09 18:46 |
| #3 Surprise... After the news conference, Musri told The Associated Press there was an agreement for him and Jones to travel to New York and meet Saturday — on the actual anniversary of the 9/11 attacks — with the imam overseeing plans to build a mosque near ground zero. "I told the pastor that I personally believe the mosque should not be there, and I will do everything in my power to make sure it is moved," Musri said. "But there is not any offer from there (New York) that it will be moved. All we have agreed to is a meeting, and I think we would all like to see a peaceful resolution." Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said he was surprised by the announcement and that he would not barter. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-09-09 18:25 |
| #2 Oh hey, some one else saw the Trump thing. Kind of blew me away to tell the truth. |
| Posted by: miscellaneous 2010-09-09 18:11 |
| #1 ZIn other news... Trump Offers to Buy Out Islamic Center Investor. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-09-09 17:59 |