Florida church plans "Burn a Quran Day"
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A Florida church is promoting Islamophobia and has plans to publically burn the Holy Quran on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
The Dove World Outreach Center has called for the "International Burn a Quran Day" and asked other religious groups to join in the event, The Huffington Post reported on Friday.
Pastor Terry Jones called Islam an evil religion and said all Christians and politicians need to stand up and say no to Islam.
"The goal of these and other protests are [sic] to give Muslims an opportunity to convert," Jones said.
Mainstream Muslim groups in the United States have denounced the announcement, but they noted that they would not take any direct action against the church.
Muslims across the US have faced extensive religious discrimination since the 9/11 attacks.
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Are they burning english translations ? I'm told those aren't considered the "real" Quran. Some muslims might show up to help burn the things.
Lol.
Nothing quite like religions courting violent enemys among other religions. Good luck to the jesus freaks. No matter how nutty christians get they don't seem to realize that muslims are even nuttier.
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Nothing new for this church. They also have a sign posted they says, "Islam is of the Devil". Which is really an ad for Terry Jones book of the same name.
Here's a like to the Gainesville Florida church's website where the sign is shown - http://www.doveworld.org/the-sign
Here's the link to their main website - http://www.doveworld.org/
The Quran burning is but one of the militant things they do. Perhaps they are in competition with Westboro Baptist as the most intolerant church in America.
Do they get a plaque or a trophy if they win?
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