terry jones

Quran-Burning Pastor Stirs Up Dearborn

Apr 23, 2011
Pastor Terry Jones, whose supervision of a Quran burning touched off deadly riots in Afghanistan early this month, has set his sights on a mosque in Dearborn, Mich. A judge has barred Jones from the mosque's property, and he now plans to protest in front of it.
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U.N. Staffers Killed in Afghan Protest

Apr 2, 2011
The threatened, and now fulfilled, Quran-burning gesture by Florida pastor Terry Jones (pictured) sparked fatal consequences in Afghanistan on Friday, when protesters in the northern city of Mazir-e-Sharif stormed a United Nations compound and killed at least 20 employees.

This Just In: Islamophobia

Sep 14, 2010
The evil side of America is on display in the form of a media-fueled Islamophobia that recalls some of the worst bigotry in the nation’s past. This is not what we hoped for in the days after Sept. 11, 2001, or the election of President Barack Obama in 2008. The evil side of America is on display in the form of a media-fueled Islamophobia that recalls some of the worst bigotry in the nation’s past.

Sept. 11 Happened to Us All

Sep 11, 2010
Tensions are high in Tennessee, as they have been all over our nation, in anticipation of the ninth anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks Controversies abound Mosque-building, book burning and threats of violence are making it increasingly difficult to separate what pastor/author Rick Warren is calling “church and hate” Tensions are high in Tennessee, as they have been all over our nation, in anticipation of the ninth anniversary of the Sept .