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Religious - Misc, In The News Links: www.doveworld.org
By: neotrix
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Terry Jones, the pastor of a tiny Gainesville church refused to heed pleas from Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, and religious leaders to abandon plans to mark Saturday's anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a bonfire fueled by 200 copies of the Quran, the Islamic holy book.
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Known for his fiery anti-Islam diatribes, Pastor Terry Jones of the 50-member Dove World Outreach Center told The Associated Press he was praying over his decision, though other church members said they believed the burning would be destroying evil. (...)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/us/26gainesville.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=terry%20jones&st=cse
