Pakistan Strongly Condemns Planned Quran Burning
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Islamabad adds its voice to a growing chorus of criticism directed at the American pastor ...

FIRST SHOTS: Presidential statement against Quran burning; rats as land-mine detectors (The Upshot)
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The Upshot - Welcome to "First Shots," a daily roundup of early-bird news and a preview of what's to come. • President Obama condemns the Florida church's planned Quran burning. (Reuters) • A federal appeals court ruled that former prisoners of t ...

Quran burning stirs outrage in Muslim world
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An Afghan cleric threatened Thursday that U.S. troops in the country's north would face large protests if a small American church burns copies of the Muslim holy book as planned on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. ...

South Florida religious leaders slam plan to burn Qurans
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Several high-profile South Florida religious organizations and politicians joined a growing chorus of international condemnation Wednesday against a tiny Gainesville church whose pastor wants to observe the Sept. 11 anniversary with a large-scale Qur ...

Muslims in Bahrain, Pakistan protest Quran burning (AP)
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AP - A small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran is stirring outrage in Muslim nations, with lawyers protesting in Pakistan and Bahrain's government calling the burning a shameful attack on interfaith relations. ...

Florida pastor not 'backing down' on planned Quran burning
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Gainesville, Fla. -- The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said Wednesday he was determined to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, despite pressure from the White House, religious leaders and others to call it of ...

INTERPOL: Quran Burning Would Increase Global Terror Threat
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INTERPOL released a statement today warning that if the Quran burning goes as planned on Saturday, the global terror threat will increase. The international organization says there are no specific details of threats, but that the Koran burning would ...

Koran burning: Archbishop of Canterbury 'strongly condemns' plan
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has "strongly condemned" an American pastor's threat to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks. ...

Call Emerges for "Burn the Stars and Stripes Day"
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Radical Islamic U.K. Lawyer Asks Muslims to Burn American Flags in Retaliation for Fla. Church's Planned Quran Burning  Quran Burning Legal? ...

Obama condemns planned burning of Koran
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Barack Obama warned that a Florida pastor’s plan to burn copies of the Koran would be used as an al Qaeda recruitment tool and he urged the minister to reconsider the decision ...

Pope, Jolie rip Koran-burning
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Bedfellows as strange as Angelina Jolie and the pope joined the growing worldwide chorus denouncing a Florida pastor's vow to burn copies of the Koran on Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. But Terry Jones, the leader of a once-obscu ...

A Gathering In Gainesville
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Tensions are rising in Gainesville as people gather in anticipation of the planned Quran burning to be held at a church there. NPR's Greg Allen is on the scene. ...

Even pastor’s old church condemns Quran-burning (The Upshot)
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The Upshot - It's increasingly looking as though the only spiritual or political figure who will not denounce Florida pastor Terry Jones' plan to commemorate Sept. 11 by burning copies of the Quran is Jones himself. Wednesday brings the news that eve ...

Clinton: Florida church's planned Koran burning doesn't reflect U.S. (McClatchy Newspapers)
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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — With concerns growing about hostile or even violent international reaction to a Florida pastor's plans to burn the Koran on Saturday, the Obama administration is stepping up its efforts to mitigate the damage. ...

U.S. Embassies Brace For Retaliation Over Quran Burning
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WASHINGTON — The State Department has ordered U.S. embassies around the world to assess their security ahead of a Florida church group's planned weekend burning of the Muslim holy book amid fears it could spark anti-American violence. Officials said ...

Can the Quran Burning Be Stopped Before It Starts?
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(Sept. 8) -- Terry Jones has a constitutional right to burn the Quran, and there is very little the law can do to stop him. An uproar is growing as the Florida pastor moves forward with his plans to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks ...

Sarah Palin condemns Koran-burning protest, calls it insensitive and unnecessary
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Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin weighed in Wednesday on the current controversy surrounding a Fla. pastor's vow to mark the anniversary of 9/11 by burning a Koran, calling his proposed action "antithetical to American ideals." In a note posted on ...

US embassies brace for Quran burning protests
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The State Department has ordered U.S. embassies around the world to assess their security ahead of a Florida church group's planned weekend burning of the Muslim holy book amid fears it could spark anti-American violence. ...

Pakistani Ambassador: Glenn Beck Should Oppose Quran Burning
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WASHINGTON — Pakistan's ambassador to the United States is calling on conservative radio and television host Glenn Beck to denounce the planned burning of the Quran to show that Americans are tolerant of other faiths. "I think it would help if Mr. Gl ...

Pakistani says Beck should oppose Quran protest
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Pakistan's ambassador to the United States is calling on conservative radio and television host Glenn Beck to denounce the planned burning of the Quran to show that Americans are tolerant of other faiths. ...

Vatican Condemns Quran-Burning
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Despite global condemnation - including from those in powerful positions - Pastor Terry Jones plans to proceed with plan ...

Vatican Condemns Planned Quran Burning in US
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Vatican council says 'deplorable acts of violence' such as 9/11 attacks cannot be counteracted by other acts of hatred ...


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