Koran Set Ablaze At Terry Jones' Church

By Michael Cohen Mon., Mar. 21 2011 at 6:02 PM

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The Islam-hating preacher with a ridiculous 19th-century mustache, who threatened to host International Burn A Koran Day on the anniversary of 9/11 but then reneged, torched a copy of the Muslim holy book this past weekend.

During Sunday service at his tiny Gainesville church, Pastor Terry Jones held a mock trial, in which the Koran was found "guilty" and then "executed." The book soaked in kerosene for about an hour, but the "trial" only took eight minutes. A fellow pastor named Wayne Sapp lit the book on fire with a barbecue lighter.

The crowd of fewer than 30 people watched it burn for 10 minutes. Some onlookers posed for pictures.

Jones canceled his initial plans because of condemnation from President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and most decent citizens of the world. However, some in Jones' tiny Islamophobic following salivated for this holy sizzler.

"These people, for me, are like monsters," Islamophobe Jadwiga Schatz told reporters. "I hate these people."

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the hate started with you - he was just getting rid of some trash.
My Bible tells me to 1. Love God and 2. Love one another; leaves no room for hate. That Florida 'preacher' is as screwed up as a wooden watch; and I'm sure that there is a special furnace in Hell especially for him. Peace.
. Leave the Preacher alone, if he can't burn a book then the our Gov. better stop our troops from killing those Quran followers over there and head on back home. Because thats why there over there dying and fighting for, or at least thats what they're being told by our USA Gov. We don't kill people of there kind or any other, over here in the USA when those people over there or elsewhere, burn our American Flags and kill our Americans in other parts of the world abroad. So why do so many demonize this American pastor for his display of devotion to his lord savior? When you look in modern times at whats these other religions will still do in the name of their own religions, its clear that the preacher burning this book pales by far in comparision. HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN! It was followers whom were devoted to the Quran that brought about the devastation of SEPT. 11 !!! Soon in the near future,unless you are AT THE LEAST willing to do the same for your country on our own soil, you will be defeated by these Quran followers because according to our own media and Gov. Intel, the Quran followers are already here, living amongst us in America, in our schools, our own military, and Gov. that is why we have a muslim President Barrack Huesein Obama. He was allowed just like anyone else would be, to take over our Nations Presidential powers by simply playing with the politics of a corrupt Gov. system. For all that G.W. Bush tried to do to counter 9/11 and this tide of Quraniphinia, it would all be eclipsed by the fact that unbeknownst to him at the time it was already in the gamble that Americas next President would be Barack Huessien Obama, along cabinet of Zars without any accountibility USA military is over there as we speak breaking the USA budget trying like the Communist Russian (who failed) did to kill Quran followers so that here in America the world will get the message about what America believes in. Our belief is costing us everything we have, I'm sure this a desired effect and useful to these Quran followers as the US Dollars declines and will soon be rejected as the Worlds Currency Reserve. It won't matter that we can legally print more money, it won't be worth nothing. It's happening all over the world where Quran followers are allowed to assert there political agendas thru this Trojan Horse called the Quran. Musilims whom believe in Islam who ALSO follow the Quran (Quran Followers) are the decieved beleivers of a philosophy that served some in ancient times but has failed to evolve with modern times into a healthy decent humane experience. Leave the Preacher alone
Terry Jones IS a violent religious zealot who actively is trying to get people killed. He KNEW that some zealots on the other side would answer his bit of theater with something of their own. What he did is the same as yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
Terry Jones didn't get anyone killed, moron. What are you willing to stop doing to avoid offending violent religious zealots?
Burn in Hell Terry Jones. You just got 12 people murdered. I bet you are so proud of yourself.
Yea, well I told Nixon to his face we need a civil war during an inquisition when George H W Bush kidnapped me in 1982. Join me and we shall chase the goddamned church from the state like when my ancestors chased the British from Boston in 1775 with pitchforks. I demand the monitoring device out of my back.
Just don't do it to the flag.
Encore!
A tiny minority of conservatives took lessons from legions of flag-burning Leftists. The Buddha called-- he'd like his Bamiyan monuments back.
Pastor Jones isn’t the first performance artist to express himself with an Inferno. A thought experiment: How long before Salvador Dali’s “blasphemous” caricature of Mohammed burning in hell is expunged from art history classes? How about Auguste Rodin? or Gustave Dore? Each of these artists caricatured Mohammed’s roasting in Hell— as related in Dante’s trilogy “The Divine Comedy” [Inferno XXVIII, 19-42]. http://zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/dantes_inferno/ The same forces that repeatedly plot to destroy the fresco of Dante’s Inferno in Bologna’s Church of San Petronio remain at work today. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2205263.stm And if Americans are unwilling to stand in solidarity with Terry Jones, what’s to stop the global Taliban from silencing any and every expression Muslims deem “offensive”? Archived depictions of Mohammed serve as a poignant reminder that such imagery has been part of Western AND ISLAMIC culture since the Middle Ages— and serve as a resource for those interested in defending free expression.
please check out http://www.islamicsolutions.com/my-log-9-why-they-hate-islam-and-muslims/
HE WILL FEEL ALLAH FIRE WHEN HE DIES
Home town of the kkk and a 'church' of morons. Is the countywide outside burn ban in place?
So, you're the "Great I Am?" By the way, it's heaven not haven. Do you freely choose what laws to live by as well? I do agree, the bible is the most violent of fictional books I've ever read, however, their are some peaceful messages printed amongst the bologna. Ever thought about following those?
Thank you for your intelligent offering. There are many more of you in the U.S. Military, more than most would imagine.
Well, this is part of the freedom of speech and religion...something we all cherished.
Handle bar mustaches are sexy. Has Cohen ever thought about what century orthodox jews and muslims dress in?
So the only "True Americans" are the ones who worship the same imaginary friend that you worship? Fuck you, you're just as bad as the radical Islamists. Have you *read* the Constitution *and* the Bill of Rights? I have. I'm a veteran of the war in Iraq and I stood up for your right to worship whatever crazy religion you want and I also stood up for for my right not to have your religion or any other shoved down my throat. I have looked into the face of men who would like nothing more than to see you and I on our knees praying to Allah 5 times a day and I killed them for you at great personal risk to myself. You're welcome, by the way.
You can burn the Bible if you desire to do so you can burn all the copies But you will miss What is written inside :Forever o Lord Thy word is preserved in haven. And Haven and earth shall pass away but my Word shall never pass away.So you have no power. There is one God and his name is the Great I AM.
DrTerry D. Jones is a true American hero.Standing on the firm foundation of the Word of God and United States Constitution he loose advance of radical islam and satanic sharia law in USA and i am with Dr Jones.
Exactly. And as a side note, I was going to reply to your comment, but you're right - we should stop focusing our energy on stories like this. :p
This guy has a second coming as a public relations guru. 106 diggs today. Who else could draw this out for so long?
Yawn... people still believe in ghosts?
He is free to do what he wants. burn that shit!!
he should try his book too: > Peace? --------------------- Matthew 10: 34.Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35.For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. Luke 12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. Luke 22:36 He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war > ------------------------------------ Even the old 'side' of his book: http://www.EvilBible.com
The only good reason for burning books is if they contain subversive messages about the government, not because they're religious.
These, Woolsey may man, are Sarah Palin voters.
What did you expect? "Welcome, sonny"? "Make yourself at home"? "Marry my daughter"? You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.
Well, I'd much rather have these dimwits burning a few books than out somewhere planting bombs in women's health clinics or assassinating doctors who provide legal abortions. If these people are going to live by the Bible, then when are they going to start stoning disobedient children, etc., etc.? Morons,
Why are so many on the right just batshit crazy?
I was going to blog about this, but the silly little man deserves no attention. The world gave this eccentric more attention than he deserves. His non-event failed to set the world alight, and he is another weirdo best forgotten.