A US pastor says he is not "backing down" from plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11, despite international outrage. "We are not convinced that backing down is the right thing," said Terry Jones of 50-member Florida church, the Dove World Outreach Center. The group's plan has sparked condemnation from Muslim countries, Nato and the top US Afghan commander. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the plan "disgraceful".
A US pastor says he is not "backing down" from plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11, despite international outrage.
"We are not convinced that backing down is the right thing," said Terry Jones of 50-member Florida church, the Dove World Outreach Center.
The group's plan has sparked condemnation from Muslim countries, Nato and the top US Afghan commander.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the plan "disgraceful".
A grassroots movement in Gainesville, Florida, is gathering pace against a local pastor's plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. By FRANCE 24 (text) Jody Jenkins (video) "This dispute has bought the city and its religious communities together," says Rev. Larry Reimer of Gainesville's United Church. "We are coming to realise that we have much more in common with each other than we thought." Rev. Reimer insists the overwhelming majority of the Florida city's population stands against the Islamophobic antics of the fringe pastor who wants to burn the Koran on Saturday's anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
"This dispute has bought the city and its religious communities together," says Rev. Larry Reimer of Gainesville's United Church. "We are coming to realise that we have much more in common with each other than we thought."
Rev. Reimer insists the overwhelming majority of the Florida city's population stands against the Islamophobic antics of the fringe pastor who wants to burn the Koran on Saturday's anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
