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.
