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Related: About this forumUS pastor burns Korans to urge Iran clergyman release
Source: Agence France-Presse
US pastor burns Korans to urge Iran clergyman release
(AFP) 5 hours ago
MIAMI A controversial Florida pastor has burned copies of the Koran and a depiction of the prophet Mohammed to protest the imprisonment in Iran of a Christian clergyman Youcef Nadarkhani.
The burning, attended by 20 people and streamed live over the Internet, was carried out by pastor Terry Jones' church in Gainesville, Florida on Saturday, The Gainesville Sun said, and video of the burning was uploaded to YouTube by the pastor's supporting group "Stand Up America Now."
The Pentagon had urged Jones to reconsider, expressing concern that American soldiers in Afghanistan and elsewhere could be put at greater risk because of the act, according to the newspaper, but Jones insisted to go ahead with the protest in the name of the release of the Christian pastor in Iran.
Nadarkhani was arrested in October 2009 and condemned to death under Islamic sharia law for converting to Christianity when he was 19.
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(AFP) 5 hours ago
MIAMI A controversial Florida pastor has burned copies of the Koran and a depiction of the prophet Mohammed to protest the imprisonment in Iran of a Christian clergyman Youcef Nadarkhani.
The burning, attended by 20 people and streamed live over the Internet, was carried out by pastor Terry Jones' church in Gainesville, Florida on Saturday, The Gainesville Sun said, and video of the burning was uploaded to YouTube by the pastor's supporting group "Stand Up America Now."
The Pentagon had urged Jones to reconsider, expressing concern that American soldiers in Afghanistan and elsewhere could be put at greater risk because of the act, according to the newspaper, but Jones insisted to go ahead with the protest in the name of the release of the Christian pastor in Iran.
Nadarkhani was arrested in October 2009 and condemned to death under Islamic sharia law for converting to Christianity when he was 19.
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US pastor burns Korans to urge Iran clergyman release (Original Post)
Eugene
Apr 2012
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cbayer
(146,218 posts)1. Why? What doe she think this could possibly accomplish, other
than to fuel the fires of hatred.
rrneck
(17,671 posts)4. Ego fuel and money. nt
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)5. He is just following his deeply held beliefs. Why question that?
drm604
(16,230 posts)2. This fool really thinks that doing this will help Nadarkhani?
Idiot.
rrneck
(17,671 posts)3. The poor dear,
he must have banged his head when he crawled from under that rock.
LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)6. Like that's going to work.
The Iranian government are disgusting, and unlike in America, Christians really are persecuted there. But if the Iranian takes any notice of Pastor Jones' 'message' at all, it will be to harden its attitude.
just go over there to Iran and burn them, they don't seem to mind to do it here in the safety of U.S.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)8. Who doesn't mind doing it here?
dimbear
(6,271 posts)9. You could burn something precious to Terry Jones, if you have spare MONEY n/t
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)10. Idiots like this
Idiots like this are the price we pay for freedom of speech. I, for one, don't think the price too high, as all alternatives are worse.