Obama urges Fla. pastor to call off Koran burningBy William BraniginThursday, September 9, 2010; 1:57 PMPresident Obama urged a Florida pastor Thursday to call off a plan to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11, warning that such a "stunt" would amount to a "recruitment bonanza for al-Qaeda" and would endanger Americans. Obama added his voice to a chorus of criticism of the proposed Koran-burning in an interview broadcast Thursday on ABC's "Good Morning America" program. Amid continuing protests in countries such as Afghanistan, he urged Terry...
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Obama Speaks Out Against Pastor’s Plan to Burn Koran
Obama Speaks Out Against Pastor’s Plan to Burn KoranBy HELENE COOPERPublished: September 9, 2010WASHINGTON— President Obama sharply criticized a Florida pastor’s plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, calling it a “stunt” that threatens the lives of American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and violates American principles of religious tolerance.“If he’s listening, I just hope he understands that what he’s proposing to do is completely contrary to our values as Americans,” Mr. Obama said in an interview...
The Quran burning: sign of things to come?
The Quran burning: sign of things to come?Director, Islamic Studies, U. of Delaware Muqtedar KhanAssociate professor, political science and international relations; Fellow of the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding."Where books are burned in the end people will burn." - Heinrich HeineOn May 10th, 1933 the Nazis burned 25,000 books -- including those written by Jewish poet Heinrich Heine, who had predicted in 1820 that "where books are burned in the end people will burn," - and eight years later the Holocaust began. The connection is not...
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