Church burning of Qur'an on 9/11-Iman reaction

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JenGiove

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Salam to all the Brothers and Sisters here on TTI,

Some of you may have heard rumors and some may have read stories. Yes, there is a pastor of a SMALL Evangelical church in Florida who is spouting garbage against Islam...not Muslims mind you (so he says) but about Islamic law. While watching his hateful puke, I came across another video. It is an interview with the Imam of the Mosque at ground zero. I think I fell in love with him....can I say that here? He seems to be such a gentle person who recognizes that the garbage of one man is not the trash from everyone's home. Here's the link.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/09/07/intv.imam.koran.burning.reax.cnn

....and for those who want to make themselves puke, here's the video link to the interview with the church leader...(can you tell I have no love for the man? I'll pray that he doesn't break his nose when he falls off his high horse...lol)

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/29/florida.burn.quran.day/index.html
 
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JenGiove

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HEY! Check this out!

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/08/replacement.qurans/index.html?iref=allsearch

Washington (CNN) -- The Military Religious Freedom Foundation is fighting fire with new Qurans.

The group, which is dedicated to protecting U.S. troops from religious intolerance in the military, is promising to buy one new Quran and donate it to the Afghan National Army for each Quran burned by a Florida minister this weekend.

Mikey Weinstein said more than 100 of the active duty troops that he represents have called him wanting to do something about the threat by Pastor Terry Jones to burn at least 200 Qurans on the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

Weinstein told CNN his group will buy new Qurans and send to them Gen. David Patraeus, the commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, so the general can give them to the Afghan National Army.

The troops who support Weinstein's move want to be able to tell Afghan elders who are concerned about Quran burning that there is a group in the United States that feels differently.
 
Seeking Allah's Mercy

Seeking Allah's Mercy

Qul HuwaAllahu Ahud!
:salam2:wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu....


Louisville church against ‘Burn a Quran Day’
The Clifton Universalist Unitarian Church will host a continuous reading of the Quran on September 11, 2010 in response to the “International Burn a Quran Day,” organized by an anti-Islamic church in Gainesville, Florida.

The event is being organized by the Louisville church as a counter demonstration against the book burning and a show of solidarity with Muslim Americans who church leaders say are being discriminated against and threatened because of the actions of a few religious extremists.

“This isn’t as much about promoting Islam, which we have no objection to, but of promoting freedom of religion and equality, which is supposed to be the American way,” says the Rev. Todd F. Eklof, a local activist and Clifton UU Church’s minister. “The anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is no time for any of us to retreat from freedom in the name of radical fear and hate.”

The church has more than 30 volunteers who will take 20 to 30 minute turns reading portions of the Quran aloud throughout the day while opening the church’s sanctuary to anyone who might want to sit and listen, says Eklof, who is the former Kentucky Farm Bureau employee who was fired by the state insurance company for protesting their opposition to gay marriage.

The book burning is being organized by Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center to protest the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and has gained international attention.

In an e-mail sent to The Associated Press, Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, condemend burning the holy book of Islam and said it would endanger American troops. At a press conference, the U.S. State Department called the plan “un-American.”

Still, Pastor Jones, who is the author of the book “Islam is of the Devil” said that while he understands the general’s concerns and noted public pressure, he plans to go forward with the demonstration to mark the ninth anniversary of the attacks.
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JenGiove

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Seeking Allah's Mercy said:
:confused:?????
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I shared the CNN video link I posted here on my facebook page and even my friends, who are not learning about Islam or even know that I AM say "he is so dangerous and I really am afraid he is going to make things so much worse."

The only people that seem to support this...<clears throat to prevent foul language>....pastor is, well, his own parish....

Even the head of the World Evangelical Alliance says "Though Dove World Outreach Center is not a member of the WEA or its U.S. regional body, the National Association of Evangelicals, Tunnicliffe said his organization has a responsibility to intervene as some might consider Dove World Outreach Center at the “fringe” of the evangelical family"........."To date, Christian leaders – conservative and liberal – have been outspoken in condemning the plan."......."The National Association of Evangelicals urged the church to cancel the burning, saying such an act “would exacerbate tensions between Christians and Muslims throughout the world.” And Dr. Michael Kinnamon, general secretary of the National Council of Churches, called the leaders of Dove World Outreach Center “misguided.”

http://www.christianpost.com/articl...ance-steps-into-quran-burning-fray/index.html
 
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