Florida pastor 'rethinking' calling off Koran-burning event
A Florida pastor who threatened to burn a stack of Qur’ans on Saturday’s anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks abruptly cancelled the event Thursday after claiming he had succeeded in blocking construction of a mosque near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan, then later threatened to “rethink” his decision.
Terry Jones, pastor of the 50-member Dove World Outreach Center, had said he would fly to New York this weekend to meet with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the Muslim leader who is heading the controversial mosque project....
Clarence Sexton | 8/31/2009
