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Koran-Burning Pastor Calls Afghan Killings 'Tragic'

John Johnson — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:44:44 CDT

The Florida pastor whose burning of a Koran last month set off a deadly protest in Afghanistan today called the deaths "very tragic" but expressed no remorse about his stunt, reports the Los Angeles Times . In fact, Terry Jones said the mob's attack on a UN compound showed that "Islam...

Terry Jones Faces $200K Security Bill From Cops

John Johnson — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:38:05 CDT

Some would argue that the damage inflicted by Terry Jones' aborted plan to burn Korans is incalculable. Gainesville police think about $200,000 should do nicely. The city plans to present the pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center with a bill for $100,000 to cover the cost of...

'Papa, Don't Do It'

John Johnson — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:09:13 CDT

Add Terry Jones' daughter to the list of those asking him not to burn Korans tomorrow. She wrote him an email saying, "Papa, don't do it," she tells Der Spiegel in Germany. (Recall he used to live and preach there .) He hasn't responded, as she expected. At other points...

Koran Burning Sparks Violent Afghan Protests

Kevin Spak — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:11:32 CDT

Dove World’s plan to burn Korans set off protests across Afghanistan today, and two of them turned violent. In western Afghanistan, four protesters were shot, one of them fatally, outside a NATO base in Bala Buluk. “We do not know who shot them,” said a doctor at a local hospital....

How Terry Jones Outfoxed the Media

Rob Quinn — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:35:00 CDT

Fred Phelps and members of his Westboro Baptist Church were ignored when they filmed themselves burning a Koran in 2008, but Terry Jones managed to grab headlines worldwide. The Florida pastor, the New York Times finds, managed to make himself a major news story by exploiting the "Ground Zero mosque"...

So, How Does One Actually Burn a Book?

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:09:00 CDT

There's been plenty of talk about Koran burning of late, but amid discussions of legality and appropriateness, one topic hasn't gotten much attention: "If you wanted to engage in a ritual of gross religious intolerance, what would be the best way to burn a book?" asks Brian Palmer for Slate...

Koran Burning Is Not the Same as Mosque Building

John Johnson — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:21:00 CDT

Gail Collins isn't impressed with the new line of argument that equates the burning of Korans with the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero. "This is under the theory that both are constitutionally protected bad ideas," she writes in the New York Times . "In fact, they’re very different. Muslims building...

Koran-Torching Pastor Was Run Out of Germany

Kevin Spak — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:16:01 CDT

Rev. Terry Jones was ranting against Islam long before his plan to burn Korans on the anniversary of 9/11 made him internationally infamous. According to the church blog, Jones has been preaching Islamophobia since before 9/11, when he ran a sister church in a poor area of Cologne, Germany. The...

Koran Burning Uproar Spreads, but Pastor Defiant

Kevin Spak — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:59:23 CDT

Hillary Clinton has joined the chorus decrying a Florida pastor’s plan to burn Korans on Sept. 11. “Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation,” Clinton said last night at a State Department Iftar meal celebrating Ramadan, according to the Daily Telegraph . She called...