Posted on 09/11/2013 7:20:19 PM PDT by Nachum
Florida officials have arrested radical anti-Islam preacher Terry Jones as he was on his way to a Sept. 11 event where he planned to burn 2,998 Korans, according to local news reports Wednesday. Jones is best known for stoking Muslim anger by publicly desecrating the religion´s holy book, sometimes with international consequences. This time law enforcement officials intervened before Jones could carry out his plans for a ceremonial Sept. 11 burning. Jones had planned to set alight 2,998 Korans at a Polk County park for the 12-year anniversary, with each Koran "representing one of the victims, every person who was
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Isn’t that covered in the 1st amendment to our Constitution?
2,998 kerosene-soaked Korans
Is that illegal?
No not burning the Koran, now if they gasoline soaked Bibles...
If it was on private property, as opposed to a county park, if there's no burn ban in place, I would think it would be fine.
It seems excessive. Maybe if he only burned one since it was a statement. They probably will get him on some safety regulation that he broke. With all the forest fires going on they probably could get him on possibly trying to start a fire or something. Don’t put it past them to ignore the Korans and get him on something else.
Had he used a Bio-fuel would the liberals still be upset?
Yeah, would it be okay to burn the Book of Mormon? Or the King James version of the Bible or the Torah, or the Comunist Manifesto of Karl Marx. WHY does the government feel compelled to protect the Koran.. If he legally acquired them, why couldn’t he burn them?
I have to admit when I first read the headline, I thought how far he has fallen since Monty Python!
FK Islam.
If he had 2,298 kerosene soaked US flags, it would have been AOK.
How many people died in the September 11 attacks?
2,998 as of Spring 2009
What law did he violate?
A local kid went on a drunken binge and burnt his neighbors flag.
Turns out that Indiana has a law against flag desecration so that was one of the many charges he now faces
If he legally acquired them, why couldn’t he burn them?
I know you already know the answer, we all do,.... because it would be a hate crime against Muslims. It is okay to mock, hate and denigrate Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, hell any other religion on earth but Zero is the hero of muslims and will not tolerate it.
From a different article:
“The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jones on felony charges of unlawful conveyance of fuel and open display of a firearm.”
With Obama president?
Just dumb. Just preach Preacher man.
Freedom of speech, freedom of expression. Those aren’t recognized for white people anymore
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